I'm taking another stab at reading Hold On To Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Neufeld and Mate. This section resonated with me this morning:

"The second way of attaching is usually well in evidence by toddlerhood. The child seeks to be like those she feels closest to. She attempts to assume the same form of existence or ( Read more... )

FOR TODAY Monday, February 25, 2013

Outside my window ... Cloudy-bright. Snow on the ground. Typical February Day. I did see a few wild turkeys during my morning drive (just outside Waterloo). I saw some yesterday, too, between Burgoyne and Paisley.

I am thinking ... that I should figure out how to put pictures in my LJ posts.

I am thankful ( Read more... )

I should have posted this yesterday, but I was ... distracted.
I remember the day. I remember the launch. I remember the speech. The poem "High Flight" became one of my favourites.

All the hype surrounding Obama's Inauguration has prompted some on my Friends List to post about historical events in their lives. Here's my list:

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It's the tenth day of Christmas, but I'm not sure I could muster much excitement about ten lords a-leaping if they showed up on my doorstep (mind you, it's a rather small doorstep, and I don't think they'd fit anyway ). I'm sick. I have been for a week and I'm tired of it. I forced myself to down a cup of boiled ginger and honey this morning and ( Read more... )

fpb's post linking to a new Harry Potter fan fic which begins with the Wesley twins when they were seven elicted a comment from me that I will expand upon here ( Read more... )

It would have helped if I had remembered to pull the chicken for tonight's dinner from the freezer this morning.