school | Five O'clock AM

Aug 7, 20213 min read

Piles of Onions and A Cup of Coffee

Guess what fun I've been having lately? Sometimes the fun is more imagined than obvious, but here it is: Anticipating, then taking, an...

Apr 5, 20213 min read

Requiems and the Resurrection

Happy Resurrection Day! The pictures are from around our neighborhood today. Miss E has the prettiest daffodil patch I've ever seen, and...

Feb 9, 20212 min read

We Need Joy... And Ding Dongs

Today started off with a melancholy tone when the kids told me that nobody is allowed to play in the snow at school--and this is...

Jan 20, 20212 min read

Bunnies Calm Us Down After a Scare

You never know what the excitement of the day will be. For us, it was a bomb threat at my kids' school, not just one of the buildings in...

Jan 6, 20212 min read

An Allergic Reaction to Math; Plus Sad Local News

Any other parents deal with a child hyperventilating over math? I do. The child in this incident had to be calmed down with a paper...

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