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I can see so much sky now!

I think I’m going to miss this lovely old oak.  The way it filled up the sky with green.  Or, at this time of year, fiery red. But it had been prone to throwing its branches at our vehicles from time to time, and recently it dropped the limb that broke the camel’s back.  Right on the [...]

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So, I thought it was still October

But then this happened, and made me doubt myself.. It was quiet and it was pretty.  But then this happened and made me a little nervous… A branch on this tree (you know, the three that routinely tosses big sticks at our vehicles?) cracked under the weight of the leaves and snow and came to [...]

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Reasons to be Cheerful: Fall Edition

It’s a yearly tradition for me to go on and on about how much I love the fall, yet here we are in mid-October and I have yet to fill my quota of autumnal gushing.  Clearly this must be rectified at once.  One look out the window (or several errands out in the car) this [...]

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You’re not really a nerd, are you?

I think I’ve figured out something about you.  Your eyes kind of glaze over when I start talking about apps and kindles and downloads and stuff like that, don’t they?  You’re not really a nerd, are you? Ok, I can accept that.  Let’s talk about something else, then.  I’m kind of in the mood to [...]

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Farewell, summer!

School starts this morning.  6th grade for one (middle school!) and 3rd grade for the other.  In some ways I feel like summer never really got off the ground around here.  But in many other ways, it certainly did. Fun was had, memories were made… and now we look forward to another season.  I love [...]

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