Monthly Archives: March 2011

On Cooking…

This past Tuesday my friend Kristin was here with her kids, and we were looking through the selections offered in this month’s Crafters Choice catalogue.  (I’m one of those members who, after getting the initial offer of 5 books for … Continue reading

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Part of the truth, the half-truth and nothing but (some of) the truth

I am really tired of reading about school reform.  Not because schools don’t need reforming, but because the conversation never, EVER changes.    And neither do the schools.   As John Gatto says, schools are not failing – they are doing exactly … Continue reading

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A Quilted Feast

Today we went to the Park Avenue Armory to see an exhibit I read about over the weekend.  It was called, “Infinite Variety:  Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts”.   The name cannot begin to describe the magnificence of … Continue reading

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College degrees are the new high school diplomas?

Bill Gates, college dropout, founder of Microsoft and subsequent billionaire is now spending a ton of his time promoting the idea that every child in our nation needs and should get a 4 year college degree.   This is sort of … Continue reading

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Off topic, because it’s all about me (and the book I’m reading)

Every now and then I come across a book that is so good it makes following a normal routine difficult.    Like I start thinking, “Please, I can too walk and read at the same time!”   Or do dishes and read, … Continue reading

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This had me laughing

Today’s assignment in our ‘create something every day for 365 days’ book was to write a 10 word love story, and as a bonus, illustrate it!   Now when I read that my mind immediately started to mull over how to … Continue reading

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Let’s go to the movies….and argue loudly!

Joshua and I used to go to the movies every weekend.  Before we had kids, we’d sometimes go on Saturday and Sunday.   There was no movie so bad we wouldn’t go see it.  (We even sat through an excruciating almost … Continue reading

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Not an ‘aha’ but a ‘what the…?’ moment

Maya’s last NDI (National Dance Institute) class was today  so we all went down to watch them perform the dance they’ve been working on over the winter.   There were about 20 kids in the class and it’s a pretty small … Continue reading

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The power of knowing where to look

Remember yesterday I mentioned that Maya wanted to go to Goodwill to look for inexpensive video props?   One of the best skills anyone can have is to know where to look for stuff.   Stuff you need, stuff you want to … Continue reading

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Take a snapshot

I wish I could present snapshots of our days to the Dept. of Ed instead of quarterly reports (the next one is due April 15th).   Because sometimes pictures really are worth a thousand words, and the task of dividing the … Continue reading

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