Last night was my first "Mars Needs Writers" class at the Loft. I'm happy to report it's a nice size; there's an even dozen, (if you include me.) I was only expecting seven, so this is quite a jump ( Read more... )

Our dinosaur hunt was quite successful. Mason and I bagged several of the elusive and mighty bryozoans (they're about the size and shape of Cheerios.) Actually, we found one that looks like a watch gear, and it's completely free standing, as it were. No surrounding rock. It's nifty ( Read more... )

Just a quick note before we head off... I got up this morning at quarter to seven and headed off to the Park Permit Office on Hamline Avenue North and picked up my official license to hunt dinosaurs! Okay, really, it's just a permit that allows Mason and I to pick up and dig for fossils at Lilydale Regional Park, but I've be referring to it as my ( Read more... )

Yesterday Mason and I had plans to meet some friends of ours at "the little zoo" (aka Como, as opposed to the "big zoo" the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley). It was a bit drizzily when we started out at ten o'clock, but there are several indoor parts of the little zoo -- a short tropics trail and the Conservatory -- plus I figured none of us would ( Read more... )

Okay, so I know that American kids seem to naturally go through a dinosaur phase, where they suddenly memorize (and pronounce!) every kind of dinosaur known to paleontologists.  Mason has completely gone into that phase.  We have dinosaur books, flash cards, encyclopedias, concertos, and coloring books.  Tyrannosaur is, of course, a big favorite.

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