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Monthly Archives: November 2010
The Countdown
In six days I will be turning the bit 4-0! What’s one to do? For me, I’ve noticed something peculiar. I’m totally digressing. Exhibit #1 Notice my Partridge Family inspired shirt in bright orange. Bahhh, pahhh, tahhh, tahhh…. Exhibit #2 … Continue reading
Posted in Friends
Tagged Breakfast, cupcakes, Forty, Frisco Jones, Frisco Jones Red Velvet Cake, Frosting, Jack Wagner, Moet & Chandon, Partridge Family, Turning Forty
13 Comments
Just Jump!
When’s the last time you just jumped? I mean really? Think about the last time you flung your body into the air, kept your eyes opened and just went for it? I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately. There … Continue reading
Posted in writing
Tagged Fun, Jumping, Kids, Risk-taking, Shots on Goal, Wayne Gretzy, Willard Beach, Writing
3 Comments
Veteran’s Day
When I went to France with my friend Katy and her students, we spent the day in Normandy. This was the one day of the trip that was sobering. The bomb holes were preserved on Omaha Beach, a stark reminder … Continue reading
Posted in Maine
Tagged Armed Forces, France, Normandy, Parade, Respect, Veteran's Day, War
2 Comments
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Thank You!
Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1867 but she lives on in our house. This fascination is not tainted by the show (that I loved, but my kiddos haven’t yet discovered), but is purely driven by Laura’s words, her gift … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting
Tagged Almanzo Wilder, Doughnuts, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Pumpkin Pie, The Long Winter
11 Comments
Revision
No school today! Really. If it wasn’t for my current revision obsession this would be a happy day, but you see, revising my book is like slipping in a world where I have ultimate control. I can go there, analyze … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, writing
Tagged Big Twenty, Bowling Balls, parenting, Rain Day, revision, Snow Day, Writing, Writing Process, Writing Success
2 Comments
November Breakfast
I’m going to make a suggestion for you. Okay, now be don’t scared. It’s the simplest of things. Go on out into the woods and make breakfast. I know, I know you are saying to yourself right now, “And why … Continue reading
Posted in Maine, Parenting
Tagged Applegate Sundy Organic Bacon, Family, Family Fun, Fun, local hikes, Mount Bradbury State Park, organic eggs, Picnic, Uses for Coleman Stove
6 Comments
Fog Stories
I went to the beach last week armed with my camera feeling like I just might get a good shot for the blog. The beach was funky, with misty fog, and odd thick air. The beach tells the stories of … Continue reading
Posted in Maine
Tagged dogs, Fisherman's Shacks, Portland Head LIght, South Portland, Willard Beach
2 Comments
Voting Day
Voting Day… I’m ready. I’m going to go attack that voting booth and exercise my right to vote. Are you? You’d be a fool not too. Henry David Thoreau said, ”All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or … Continue reading
Posted in Maine
Tagged Candidates, Henry David Thoreau, Maine, South Portland, Vision, Voting, Voting Day
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