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Caterpillars and pickaxes

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

No, I’m not trying to annihilate a whole species.  It’s Open House time.  Parent/teacher confrontations as a mom brought me face to face with terror.  I had a Back to School Night and Open House countdown going when my kids were school age.  But … Continue reading →

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For what it’s worth

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

No one deserves a broken heart, unless maybe that kid who chased me home from school when I was in the second grade.  I don’t think I ever got one valuable smidgen of enlightenment from having a damaged heart, and I hate them once … Continue reading →

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Oranges, socks, and earthquakes

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Scenario One: “Where’d you get those oranges?” I asked, pointing to a full bowl on Hot Wheelz’ kitchen counter.  I was disappointed.  I’d been traveling companions with a plastic grocery bag full of oranges on my trip to Utah yesterday.  … Continue reading →

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Swimmer’s gone

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

My grandson is allergic to almost everything — cats, dogs, and peanuts.  So a year ago last June we bought him a blue Beta fish with a pretty bowl that sat on a base that changed colors.  The Bug named him Swimmer. … Continue reading →

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