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A pole to hold

Maj and Kallan and I are at the shoe store.

I have promised to buy Kallan a pair of slip-on sneakers that have rows of holes for shoelaces even though no shoelaces are required for the shoes.  I am inclined to call them “play shoes,” except that if Kallan were to hear the phrase …A pole to hold


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    Flat(ulent) Stanley

    “Kallan, you are being ridiculous.  These are about as unvitaminy as you can possibly get.”

    I hold one up in the air, “They are little gummy bears of goodness, for heaven’s sake.”

    I pop the bear into my mouth and chew, “They are like candy!  OK, but do not tell anyone I told you …Flat(ulent) Stanley

    Pencil wreckage

    I stand by the window and watch the school bus pull up and stop in front of our house.

    The last Tuesday of the year . . . the day the students clean out their desks.

    Maj gets off the bus, and her arms are laden with belongings.  She carries a backpack, a large …Pencil wreckage

    Insert donkey laugh here

    Mother is feeling lazy today. So we, Maj and Kallan, have decided to take over.

    What’s snorting in the lives of the blog readers?

    Mother would like us to pass on a message:“I love my children dearly and I will give them anything they want.”

    So, where’s that iPad I wanted, Mother?

    By the …Insert donkey laugh here

    Fragile advocate

    I have been thinking a lot about risk and failure lately.

    And fragility.

    I have a history of fragility.

    Law school.

    I did well in all of my courses, but for the first time in my educational career, I was faced with the realization that there were certain things at which I was just …Fragile advocate