Saturday, I made the move that no one, least of all myself, actually thought would ever come to fruition: I began painting the interior of our house. Since my priorities earlier in the day included laundry, writing a post, and especially sleeping in, it was midafternoon before the painting process began. As I’ve mentioned earlier, […]
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When Tuesday Goes Slightly Awry
In one of the great ironies of life, I, a reading specialist, am a bad reader. By bad, I don’t mean that I am not able to read well, as indeed I am able and have done well overall in reading. Rather, I mean that I don’t naturally implement many good reading practices, including reading […]
Supermoon On A Salt Marsh
Tonight will mark our first supermoon on our new island. This time, we’ll be watching it make its way over the salt marsh instead of over the ocean as we’ve watched it in years past. Today, for some reason, the thought of the supermoon keeps bringing me back to the first night we spent in […]
Greek Review Answers, Roots I – VIII
Here are the answers from last week’s Greek I – VIII review. If you haven’t seen the original review, you may want to go here first before you view the answers below. Once upon a time, there was a A). bibliophile aptly named Juana Bea Bookhead. Her name was not inspired by anyone famous, like […]
When It Comes To Chocolate
We interrupt the regularly scheduled Island Mom programming to bring you the following public service announcement: I’ve found another chocolate recipe, one that combines my love of chocolate with… (dramatic drum roll here) my love of chocolate chip cookie dough. Actually, I found it awhile back, but She-Who-Is-Slow-To-Implement finally got around to making it last […]
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Peter Pan & The World Of Preschool Imagination
As I’ve mentioned earlier, my daughter has an affinity for all things Peter Pan, including his ride at Disney World and the pixie dust so generously sprinkled by his good friend Tinker Bell. Therefore, I was greatly interested when she told me, a few weeks ago on the way home from preschool, that she […]