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Happy (Another) Thanksgiving! - We drove down to Fort Lauderdale to spend the day with our kids. We have missed them so much. We were so happy to see Ambir. We were sad that we did not...

She wishes for the cloths of heaven - If anyone has an international news channel, the wild weather on this side of the atlantic might have made the headlines. In north west England, the flooding...

Random Dozen #12 Thanksgiving Edition - Here's more than you ever wanted to know about my Thanksgiving. *1. Are you sticking to traditional Thanksgiving foods this year, or are you being culinar...

The Propensity for Crises to Interrupt the Ordinary - Observations/Reflections: On the Propensity for Crises to Interrupt the Ordinary Status: Dictated but Not Reviewed Published: 11/24/09 Written: 10/10/09 Dict...

What do you want for Christmas, Sophie Lu? - When I asked Sophie Lu what she wanted for Christmas this year, she said, "I want to leave Christmas cookies for Santa, and I want to leave apples *and*car...

Unconscious Mutterings - 1. Marathon :: race 2. Debt :: sucks 3. Turn :: it on 4. Image :: self 5. Sofa :: couch 6. Envelope :: mail 7. Cart :: grocery ...

Advent and fruit - “Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvellous things. With his right hand and his holy arm he has won for himself the victory…Shout with joy to ...

- Well, Autumn has been everything I thought it should be, and more. We had an intensely gorgeous color display around town. It was breathtaking. People get...

Big Brother Ollie - Ollie is doing great! (Thanks to everyone who has asked)... He's talking*, doing great in preschool, and loving being a big brother! Actually, I think he...

Italian Bread - Originally I wasn't planning on blogging about this recipe. My dad asked me to make some bread last minute for spaghetti dinner. Since we were rained in al...

- All you are, experience and ultimately achieve can be traced back to how you have made use of these two simple yet vastly powerful tools-your words and you...

i like. - short video. witty guy. sharp insights. enjoy.

Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays? - I hate to even start blogging about Christmas topics when Thanksgiving hasn't even arrived yet, but if you watch TV or get mass emails, than you know that ...

Kids in the Leaves - Robert spend several hours yesterday cleaning up the leaves, and of course the kids had to get in on it. I guess I didn't have my camera on the best...

Trust, "success," TV & learning - Trusting Kids Link added on my trust page to something Jenny Cyphers wrote: http://sandradodd.com/trust I'm the unschooling representative on a site called ...

Non-religious Thoughts on Edible Spirituality - My old friend Leigh Vickery, who writes a food column in Tyler Texas interviewed me recently about all things food, including restaurants in Portland, some...

Superman! - I am quite certain Cohen has never seen a Superman episode, but all I had to do was get a cape and the boy knew just what to do. my kissable little hero he...

What's the matter with us? - A three-year-old named Marcus was found wandering the streets in an Ohio town and then quickly placed in foster care. Some time later, Marcus was found bou...

do you ever wonder… - if you’re doing enough? Meaning, are we making our unschooling lives full enough that there is no need for curriculum? After a few months of seemingly noth...

65. Apple Sesame Broccoli Slaw Salad - This is my oriental adaptation of my apple salad and I don't put it on any bread. Chop everything into a large bowl, whisk together dressing, pour over sal...

Finish What You Start - "They’ll never last out the winter." "They just don’t know what they’re getting themselves into."  "Those Americans will be gone, co...

Redirect - This blog has moved to www.julsnwv.blogspot.com Please update the address in your Google Reader, and be sure if you were a "follower" that you "follow" the ...

i'm still here. - hey babies, so i'll admit i'm not a good blogger. i said i'd try and i did. i suck at remembering to update. i would probably have had a little more fun w...

Pavement Tune - The Frames - This situation's killing me It's got me right under the thumb I don't know where I want to be This doesn't make no sense at all You're quoting every single l...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button! - I watched “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” last night I would say it was a quite interesting movie. Very different and kinda long but a movie I was gl...

Christmas gift-making - Because we got ourselves the seasonal passes for the Tivoli, and they were a huge expenditure - we aren't getting any other presents this year. Well, bough...

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GREAT Interactive about Paper vs. Plastic - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23358591/

Thoughts on the Rain - It’s sometimes very difficult for us to understand the wisdom and the love behind the things that God has planned. But we wouldn’t have the rainbow If we d...