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He brought flowers

On September 14, 2001, one of my roommates came upstairs, grabbed my hands, and said John (my date) arrived. "Shannon, he brought...

Sep 14, 20202 min read

Homeschool Kinder

After a week of remote (zoom) Kindergarten, we decided to withdraw Little Miss from the local school. After a few days, she was dreading...

Sep 14, 20202 min read

Sweet Fall

Raindrops. Cooler Temps. Falling Leaves. Hot Coffee. Sweets. Yep, Fall is in the air and it's my favorite. Pumpkins, sweaters, cider...

Sep 12, 20201 min read

True crime achilles

Dateline (Keith Morrison is the best), I.D. channel (that whispering "investigate" gets me every time), streamed documentaries...

Sep 9, 20202 min read

Y'all, stop it!

It's getting real in our classroom.

Sep 8, 20201 min read

A weekend transformed

Our family has never done a divided holiday weekend. Where we go one, we go all. This Labor Day weekend, John took the boys to Montana...

Sep 7, 20201 min read

Back to school...at home

A back to school iMovie trailer is tradition. Usually it's done when the kids are at their first day of school but this year, they were...

Sep 6, 20201 min read

Journeying Remotely Into The Unknown

Our dining room is used maybe twice a year for actual dining: Christmas and New Year's Eve. The rest of the time, it's for laundry...

Sep 1, 20205 min read

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