Seven-League, These Boots? I wish!

Before my week got wonderfully complicated with an intersection of very cool family events and mandatory end-of-term requirements (i.e. some classes could not be missed), I was going to kick the week off with Visible Monday.[Edited. December…

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Word-less Wednesday Welcome, Baby

Meet Harriet. She was born yesterday. We’re ecstatic! But flying back and forth between island (work) and city (with the new family) — we’ve kept a few seats warm on the ferry the last few…

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Birthdays, Memories

When a little girl and her Mom and I were walking, quite a few weeks ago, Little Girl described exactly the bike she wanted: a pink unicorn bike, with a horn, and when you pushed…

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Affordable Europe? Small Budget Hotels We’ve Liked

I see that this page has been attracting a surprising number of clicks lately, which really means that I must update. I suspect you’ll find that much of this information is not as relevant as…

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Brooch-ing the Subject . . .

My sister recently scanned this wonderful photo of my mother’s convocation at what was then quaintly (and a bit chillingly, no?) called Normal School, i.e. Teacher Training College (Edited to add: ThisWikipedia entry defines the…

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Copyright

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