I didn’t do the second post yesterday. Baseball happened. I read on an internet comment somewhere about the Oregon community college slaughter that the reason we have these mass shootings in America is that mothers go to work now, instead of staying home to raise their children where they belong. That was a new one. …
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October Two
I declare that this shall be the month of non-creative titles. I liked the Sister’s idea of revisiting Octobers past, and having a little retrospective. Whenever I have a day sans inspiration, I shall do so. Today, being one such day, has us taking a stroll down memory lane of this very month, ten years…
Those Boys, Though
Yesterday, Jack went to a Cub Scout meeting with his dad. Craig was asleep, and so it was just Liam and me. Middle child that he is, my Liam flourishes under individual attention – and he so rarely gets it. I took the stolen moment. First we got out paints and paper, and he painted…
September Eleven
For my nine eleven remembrance on the ten year anniversary, click here. Today, for just a few minutes after lunch, I’ve been listening to a few StoryCorps stories on 9/11. The StoryCorps team is trying to collect at least one story for each life lost, and they have been collecting them here. Here is one…
Summer’s Out for School
Summer is over, and I am a bit blue about it. I was privileged to enjoy a lazy week off with the children, which was restorative, but for two reasons that vacay mojo has not extended into my everyday worklife in the way I’d hoped. First, everyone got a stomach bug right there at the…