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My house smells like sunshine!
Taking advantage of Cortni’s lemon bounty last weekend, I had myself a day of productivity. My kitchen still hasn’t recovered… First, I peeled and zested a dozen lemons for mixing into recipes now,...
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all the poetry that’s fit to print
http://haiku.nytimes.com/ accidental poems plucked out by algorithm surprisingly good doesn’t sound like it would work. but…kinda does.
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Is it over?
…. it’s April, looks like yes! The Challenge is over. Therefore, I can go back to my regularly scheduled Tuesday night life, no more squeezing in posts around working late, dinner at 7-8 pm,...
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Things I learned in Minnesota
This year for Spring Break, Luke and I decided to go to Minnesota. Not Hawaii, not Arizona, not the mountains, not Disneyland… Minnesota. We wanted to visit friends and family, do some...
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My little corner of the blogosphere
My secret plan failed. I had hoped that the 10-week challenge would convince Cortni and Emily that they actually like blogging, or at least convince them that regular updates weren’t that hard. No...
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Luke says I owe him cookies
Since I didn’t manage to get the blog up yesterday, here’s a quick preview of some posts to come: Another in my series of “cooking is science” in which bizarre things happen when I try to make food. A...
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In which I buy a school-inappropriate T-shirt…
Finally, after years of waiting (and more than a full year after I begged on this blog), I ordered a Planet Money T-shirt. I’m really excited to hear the upcoming stories, because it sounds like what...
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Teacher Appreciation Day
Teacher Appreciation Day/Week (depending on whom you ask) is always an interesting time. I always end up with a lot of chocolate for Luke to eat (and slightly sad faces on students when they realize I...
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Garden Update
For Jayna. Happy Mother’s Day! Here’s a little garden tour… Green bits! Left to right kale, romaine, and ‘Prizewinner’ curly lettuce. Some proof that things are growing like gangbusters- first photos...
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Review: Why I LOVE my Brooks Trance 12′s
I love my running shoes. You should buy some. Not necessarily mine, or even ones like mine, but you should buy some you love as much as I love mine. I wear Brooks Trance running shoes, and I have...
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To Cortni and Emily…
Today, I wanted to say that I’m thankful for… The fact that Cortni gets books from the library, and recommends all sorts of good reads. Emily’s fully-captioned photo albums on Facebook, so I can live...
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It could be worse. At least you’re not covered in dog poop.
The last week of school can be difficult for teachers. Physically, it’s difficult because there’s a lot of climbing, cleaning, and packing. Decorations need to be taken down, desks and chairs moved...
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A haiku
I got a Kickstarter update about my Planet Money T-shirt today. In the same vein as the NY Times Haiku, here is one from this update: Kestenbaum seems to have secured passage aboard a container ship....
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Diary of a Sometime Art Teacher
I spent the first part of my summer working once again for Creative Theatre Experience (CTE), this year as an art teacher. Some reflections… Sometime in January – Kathy just asked me to teach art. I...
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It begins…
Tomorrow, Luke and I leave on The Great Summer Road Trip. I am more packed than he is right now… we’ll see how it turns out. To follow us: Facebook us, follow @lukestalk on Twitter, and watch this space!
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Day 1
I’m calling it “The Great Summer Road Trip,” but we’re travelling by boat… or rather my sister’s Buick, which Luke calls a boat. It’s actually really comfortable, and the gas mileage on the highway...
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Day 2
The photo above was taken in our hotel room tonight. You can see that we’ve sacrificed luxury for location… but I’m getting ahead of myself. Today started with a lovely mistake. We forgot to pack any...
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Day 3
Wednesday was a long day, and the internet at our hotel is kind of crummy, so this will be short and sweet: We spent our morning in San Francisco, and got to go visit one of Luke’s favorite podcasts –...
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Day 4
Today began with much excitement. It’s one of those things that is easier to show than tell: We saw this… And we looked like this… That’s right, we finally made it to the main destination: Magic...
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Day 5
Headed home, at last. Today began with a decision: should we head straight north toward our next stop, or should we take a significant side trip to add Yosemite to our list of National Parks? My...
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