Just a Little Bit

I took the bus to church Sunday because our car is in the shop. It was a special day that I did not want JellyBean to miss, so I brought her on the bus with me. I strapped her into a light umbrella stroller and headed for the bus stop. JellyBean was [...]

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Referrals Revisited

I thought I’d share with you again some of search terms that have brought people to my blog.
charlotte murder 2006 dredge I am fascinated. Please tell me more. Really. PLEASE.
are bickering couples soulmates Ah, you mean this.
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spy supervisor That’s my next career.
looking [...]

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Angel Death by Patricia Moyes

I am a big fan of the classic detective story. When I don’t have anything else to think about, I regret that Agatha Christie only wrote 70 mysteries or so, that Josephine Tey died after six novels, that Dorothy Sayers turned her attention to translation work. While other women turn to comfort [...]

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No Photo for This

As I’ve mentioned before, we don’t have a television, though we do watch dvds on our computer. But during our recent visit to the in-laws, JellyBean watched PBS children’s programming in the mornings. She loved it.
More than I realized. Now when she gets out of the bath tub, if she catches sight [...]

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Quoth the Toddler, "Nevermore."

When we first married, Az claimed that he wanted his children to learn to write by the same process humanity did: starting with Sumerian. I usually rolled my eyes and sighed loudly, which is what he wanted. Life has more spice with an exasperated wife.
Now our oldest girl is fascinated with books. [...]

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