Monthly Archives: July 2011

Donation Day

Maya and her friends in The Donators met today at our house to wrap up three months of fund-raising for Heifer International.   Their goal was $500.   After the final tally they’d raised $366 with their own donations and through donation … Continue reading

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Babysitting

Maya is getting to the age when she would like to start babysitting, but unlike when I was sitting for neighbor’s kids, here in New York she is up against professional nannies and babysitting services who screen their sitters and … Continue reading

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It’s contagious!

Remember a few days ago when I mentioned that I wanted to have a day of sewing?   Today was the day!   My thanks to my friend Kristin for allowing my kids to come up and play at their place all … Continue reading

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Server troubles…

I don’t write my posts in advance.   Sometimes I wish I could – you know, write 4 or 5 and save them as drafts, then publish one each night – but I work better in the moment, at least with … Continue reading

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Good Vibrations

Some days just have them.   Today, for example.   We went upstate to a water park for the afternoon, but this alone cannot explain it.   The first hour that we were there was chaotic, as the place was literally overrun with … Continue reading

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What sport do you want Ben to play?

Yesterday we spent the afternoon at a birthday party for Maya’s friend Kaitlyn.  Kim and Tim, Kaitlyn’s parents, always throw a great party near the Hudson Beach Cafe up at 103rd and Riverside.   There are a few people who come … Continue reading

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Learn Nothing Day 2011

Today is Learn Nothing Day.    Learn Nothing Day was started by Sandra Dodd in honor of unschoolers who are learning  24 hours a day 7 days a week – these kids need a break! But, as she said, “we have … Continue reading

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Just a few words

Last night I got a long email from my friend Karen telling me about her daughters and also mentioning that she’d started listening to Amy Winehouse’s first CD, “Frank” again.  She wrote that she used to listen to it all … Continue reading

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The heat is on

We topped out at around 103 degrees here in the city today.  Walking home at 8:28pm the time and temperature sign near 72nd St said it was still 98 degrees.    It was humid and awful, and I can’t imagine living … Continue reading

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Too darn hot

It’s 9:40pm and it’s 90 degrees outside.   Too hot to think.     As Matthew Broderick (playing the role of Eugene Morris Jerome)  said in the movie Biloxi Blues, “Man it’s hot.  It’s like Africa hot.  Tarzan couldn’t take this kind of … Continue reading

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