Last week, unaware of the rose-colored glasses attached to my face, I volunteered to travel with my eldest son’s class to Boone Hall Plantation in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. I thought this might be the last time I could attend a field trip with him before starting teaching in August, so I had this idealized […]
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To The Salt Marsh (And Back Again)
Once upon a time, a king named LCB and his three small people (two princes and a princess) decided to use the younger prince’s remote control boat. They went to a nearby lagoon known for its smooth, crystal waters and drove the boat round and round the lagoon, until they noticed a nearby baby alligator […]
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Baby-Girl Tough
Recently, I overheard an interesting exchange between my daughter (age 5) and her slightly older friend (age 6). The recording of this exchange, however, needs to be preceded by a little history. Lately, baby-girl’s been a bit frustrated with the fact that most people in her world are bigger, older and seemingly smarter than she […]
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Mother’s Day, In Summary
I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day yesterday. We didn’t have a Mother’s Day weekend, like last year, in large part because I spent a good portion of the weekend plugging away at household projects again, including painting more of the house. We did, however, celebrate the day itself with cards, flowers, and exorbitant […]
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Painting and Piñatas
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 […]