Category: musings of a mom
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snowflakes in hot water
As I was sitting in the hot tub yesterday it was snowing hard. Monstrous flakes vanished the moment they hit the water surface. Or so I thought. Then I sat stiller and watched closer. Maybe that way Moses did when he saw the bush burning. And I noticed something more: each flake didn’t just vanish…
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the rag
As winter warms we traded in Chili the Dog’s thick fur coat for a choppy-looking light-weight windbreaker. That is to say, Chili got a haircut. Consequently little dog hairs abound in the kitchen, which is just inside from the patio where the deed was done. Between hairs and crumbs from small children enjoying German bread,…
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beautiful muddy mess
Last Saturday we all did the Bastogne perimeter walk. We walked it; we didn’t even run it. Really! A half marathon with the girls in strollers and Chili on the leash. In the muddy snow melt and cold, windy rain. There were mock-ups of fox holes and command posts along the way. Vintage cars drove…
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the parent proximity warning
We rock and sing Matti to sleep (or simply put her in the carrier and keep on working around the house until she falls asleep) then we gently lay her down. It’s when we lay her down to sleep in her bed that sets the warning off most consistently. I call it the “parent proximity…
Cleverly Disguised 