Mind Flush

My Sainted Mother-In-Law has been hard at work for the past six months, rehabbing a house she and her sister inherited last year.  It's ...

Yesterday morning, before the work began: Yesterday afternoon, as the work was winding down: Yesterday evening, after the storm that dumpe...

Have I mentioned recently how awesome my daughter's school is?  Last week was the culmination of the Young Authors project that each gra...

Yeah, I talk about the river a lot.  And we go there a lot , especially in the spring , because it's just so darn interesting. The we...

Remember the Christmas concert ?  Well, in order to get the full grade school experiences, Liza's school does a spring concert, as well....

There are few things more galling that having the time, energy, and willpower to work on a project with a deadline, only to be stymied by th...

I thought we were past all of this , I really did. Then a few months ago the dentist mentioned that he could see Liza's 6-year molars ...

Time to catch up on a few things that have been bumping around in my head recently. 1.  Did I mention that I'm using all edible plants...

So when I told Jason he could buy a fire pit thingy if he'd let me put it somewhere that it wouldn't burn holes in my yard every tim...

Yesterday a hail storm blew up out of nowhere, dumping shooter-marble-sized chunks of ice as fast as an in-door icemaker can. Luckily, it w...

And I especially love that I started with one of you in 2007, had four of you in 2009 , and have nine of you now: I love you so much, I b...

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Where else - other than the TED talks - can you painlessly learn more about how the digital world works from people who are extremely well-s...

You can read more about the epic Angry Birds party preparations here .  And here .  Also here .  And did I mention here ?  I told you ...

Them: "So where does she go to school?" Me: "Menlo Park Academy.  It's a community school for gifted kids in the Westpar...

Post A: discusses an article on inappropriately sexy children's clothes called  "Parents, don't dress your girls like tramps...

Today's post was inspired by Ernest Hemingway : Today’s excitement: vacuuming, laundry and bills. Spent too much at Target (again). H...

From the second episode of Sherlock , as near as I can recall: Watson :  "But how did you know that he had traveled around the world ...