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I Still Haven’t Fallen Off the Face of the Earth

Posted on October 10, 2012by Island Mom

This is just to say that I still haven’t fallen off the face of the earth. But, in defense of my recent postlessness, I’ve been grading fall-on-my-sword amounts of literary analysis papers for the last week. Y’all, I’m a tad rusty after the world’s largest maternity leave. Nothing, nothing in the world of managing the […]

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Back to School, Island Family Style

Posted on August 23, 2012by Island Mom

It’s official. Eighty percent of our family is now back at school. Naturally, not much about the first day went according to The Plan I painstakingly detailed in The Land of My Mind. The night before school started, for instance, the garbage disposal clogged, impertinent enough to reject the straw I someone inadvertently put in […]

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I Haven’t Fallen Off the Face of the Earth

Posted on August 18, 2012by Island Mom

  Hey, I just wanted to let all of you know I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth that, oh whoops, turned out to be flat after all. I just done got myself into a bit of a fix here, on account of a busted sink, a busted oven (yes, again!!!), a baby-girl […]

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As I Return to Teaching

Posted on August 1, 2012August 1, 2012by Island Mom

Summer is winding slowly down here, and as I’m about to begin teacher meetings, I’ve made some observations about the state of our lives pre-dive and how these may impact our form. (Yes, I’m watching the Olympics.) 1. Glory be, we officially have three working appliances again, after almost a year of one or more […]

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