Kids, Homework, and the Biography Fair

Omigosh, you guys, KIDS. I just got back from my 3rd grader’s biography fair. It was the CUTEST THING EVAR. The kids were all dressed up as their chosen biography subject, standing on their desks like wax sculptures. You pushed a ‘button’ on their...

A Technological Irony

My kids are not so much into movies. I have tried to introduce them to some of the old Disney classics, like Pinocchio and Sleeping Beauty — and even some newer ones, like Hercules and The Little Mermaid. But. My kids just can’t get into them. I’m...

State of the Bird: First of the Year

I’m FINALLY not really sick anymore. 😛 I caught a virus that went to my throat and chest, and then to my sinuses. I sounded terrible for ten days. I’m sounding better now. The worst thing was how exhausted I was. I could only do things for five minutes,...

A Story About Hats

There is a lady at my church who sometimes wears the most delightful hats — not the cheap-o ones you buy at Target, but beautiful, felted hats with pins and feathers and the works. They really are stylish, and she looks stylish in them. And I had to say so,...