Category Archives: Family

Year in Review: February 2010

I My Life At the coop school, my shrinking class was planning a garden project, and I was doing a lot of writing and thinking about my work with children. February is often for me a  passage way that connects … Continue reading

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Year in Review: January 2010

I My Life My year started with watching part of Poltergeist II with my heart broken daughter (all that is fixed now). There is a point when you just can’t hear the name “Carole Anne,” called in a quavery voice … Continue reading

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Vague and Plausible Resolutions

I have decided this year to have resolutions that are goals that guide my day to day living. It just seems to be the only useful way of resolving anything for a whole year in years that seem to be … Continue reading

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What a Long Strange Year It Has Been

Illustrated World/ December 2010 This has been a year of great change around here, and probably for many families. Some years are just like that. I lost my job and found another one almost as good. My lovely wife graduated … Continue reading

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River of Dreams #32: Coffee Shop Enlightenment I

Chapter 17 The coffee shop of enlightenment I The coffee shop was bustling around Jered and Essie. Dishes clanked and orders flew. The cash register chinged, rattled and zipped. People moved in and out greeting and parting. None of this … Continue reading

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