August 2013

at the beach

My mom has said watching the family reminds her of a newspaper cartoon from her childhood where there was a big drawing, kind of like a map, and everyone was involved in some activity all over.   I don’t remember the name of it. Approaching: Empty tubes: There they are:  And his cowboy badge stayed […]

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the hornet’s nest

There are probably numerous ecological benefits to having something like this on your house. One of these guys flew up John’s nose a few years back and stung him good up inside there. It was a pretty horrible incident, eye swelled shut, terrible.  Anyway, they approached quietly. Only Jay was stung on the shoulder.  

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the bookmark

Tim reads to me every day so I can observe his progress (and enjoy his company.)  He’s doing well, reading amazingly much better than a year ago. Anyway, today when he threw himself across my bed with his book, I noticed the bookmark he was using was an old sock. It looked like a dirty

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