Somebody Said…

A man feared that he might find an assassin;
Another feared that he might find a victim.
One was more wise than the other.
— Stephen Crane, A Man Feared

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Goodies for dogs

Waved goodbye to the school bus (Kallan waved happily back and Maj sat ramrod straight in her seat, ignoring me . . . Maj is pissed at me again) and headed back into the house.  Thoughtful, but not upset.  Trying to see the rosy side of being temporarily hated.  Again.  It would be nice …Goodies for dogs

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Intelligent Debate

The girls’ school has been hosting a book fair.  One of the book fair events was a pajama night story-time.  It was aimed at the littler kids, but who doesn’t love to wear pajamas to school?  I thought it sounded fun.  Kallan was having none of it.  NONE OF IT.

And then she changed …Intelligent Debate

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Thumb-less and Bambi-eyed

First day of school after spring break always sucks.

It was windy and rainy and dark when I woke the girls up this morning, and that didn’t help matters.

Maj rolled out of bed and grabbed her robe, rubbing the sleep from her eyes, “I hate getting up.” She pulled on her robe and …Thumb-less and Bambi-eyed

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Arachnid roid rage

Our house is surrounded by big tall evergreen trees. When we moved in, several of the neighbors came over to warn us that we shouldn’t leave our cars or our trailer out where the trees could get them. When the wind blows hard, they assured us, we would be sorry that we had left …Arachnid roid rage

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Metaphorical bricks

Nobody reads on Saturday anyway, right?

I have been looking through a lot of the “mommy blogs,” and feeling as though I don’t really fit in. I’m not sure the mommy blog people are my people. After exhaustive research (read: a couple of hours last night), I have identified ten reasons I am not …Metaphorical bricks

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