If you are of a certain age, you may remember a time when everything you needed to know fit neatly into 26 alphabetized volumes. Not so much these days. The amount of information available, at our literal fingertips, is overwhelming. Research a rash and you’ve got lyme disease, scabies, pancreatic cancer or perhaps just dry…
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You don’t bring me flowers….
When I was in high school, one of the ways the Student Council raised money was by selling carnations. You could buy a badly dyed flower for a dollar and send it to another student, either signed or anonymously. At the end of the day you’d be sitting in history class and somewhere between the…
A Novel Idea
The catch phrase of the moment at school is ‘risk-taker’. “Be a risk taker!”, they exclaim. My kids are still young. Being a risk taker usually involves trying a banana at snack time or attempting some long division. But I like to think I encourage them to take risks in their every-day life, to try…
I feel witty, Oh so witty…
I am doing my utmost best to avoid baking anything for the bake sales, (I am writing!) and I am procrastinating to the nth degree in regard to ordering those Christmas gifts (I am knitting!). Hi ho, hi ho, merrily along I go. But already I can see my cunning and clever plan to avoid the…
Wine and Cheese (Doodles) 