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March 26, 2010

Book Keeping

Posted by Jennifer

For years, all the stuff that had no home went to live in the guest room.  In the closets, under the bed, in the dresser drawers were things like my wedding dress, out-of-season clothing, scores of “Congratulations on your new baby!” cards, rattles, an ironing basket ignored for so long that the wrinkled shirts it contains were long [...]

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February 12, 2010

One Reader’s Nightmare

Posted by Jennifer

So there I was, stuck inside the house.  A blizzard fell around us.  The world outside was a magical, mystical scene, the snow transforming our usually dull state, with a flick of two letters in the final syllable,  into the sparkling land of Pennsylnavia.   A fire crackled in the grate.  A batch of sugar cookies awaited [...]

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July 23, 2009

A Little Light Reading

Posted by Jennifer

That’s my beautiful niece Logan, age 13, who grabbed every spare minute during the family reunion to read Memoirs of a Geisha.  She even sat in the car while everyone else went on a quick shopping trip so she could finish it.  Logan highly recommends this book, as does my dad. And speaking of being [...]

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April 30, 2009

Make Art Not War

Posted by Jennifer

In our school district, kids received their high school letters last night – not for football, soccer, or lacrosse - but for achievement in the ARTS.  It was like our own mini-Oscars.  The title of this post comes from the T-shirt worn by one of the attendees. We clapped loudly and often for high achievement in rocking-chair-woodcrafting, [...]

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April 28, 2009

A Hodge-Podge of Updates

Posted by Jennifer

Can I just say how very thankful I am that Emily and I share the writing job at this blog?  Coming up with fresh material 5 days a week all by myself would be hugely stressful.  Even if I had enough good material on my own, which I wouldn’t, where would the time come from to [...]

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April 02, 2009

Jonesing Bad for a Good Book

Posted by Jennifer

I’m declaring a state of personal emergency.  There is no good book by my bedside.  Normally I have one at bat, one in the on-deck circle, more in the dugout, extras in the bullpen, and others coming up through the minor league.  But my pipeline has run dry, and I need your help. It all began in childhood, [...]

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March 26, 2009

Crash

Posted by Emily

It all came crashing down.  Twice.  The night before last, I was putting Chase to bed when Noah appeared. “Mom, my ENTIRE bookcase just fell off the dresser.” I hadn’t heard a thing. So I do what a lot of Moms do in these situations.  I asked a series of incredulous questions all at once. “Just [...]

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November 20, 2008

The Crying Tree?

Posted by Emily

The following is my recollection of a recent discussion over Sunday dinner with certain members of my family.  Names have remained the same to incriminate and embarrass the innocent.  I may have completely inventedtaken some poetic license as to the exact dialogue but the general sentiment is there.  Since I can’t remember how this conversation [...]

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