When we were at Chipotle yesterday, D noticed something that wasn't in our line of sight and said, "mommy, that man doesn't care. That man doesn't care that he's making his world dirty. He's littering ( Read more... )

Last week, D's baseball coach announced Monday would be the last class. He would extend the session by another 15-20 minutes to compensate for a snow day cancellation. He was planning to do a little award presentation and share a snack and drink with the kids. He also asked to let him know about any allergies. So, I emailed him, not replied all ( Read more... )

River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh (part of the Ibis Trilogy)

The first book of the trilogy, Sea of Poppies, I had picked up at the library randomly on the "new books" shelf some time ago. Really liked the books - both of them! It's a slow paced book, kind of like a sea journey I imagine, but filled with a lot of stories. It was so very interesting to ( Read more... )

• There are some new LJ-friends joining! Welcome! I also saw this meme floating around. Figured it would be good timing to do it! I won't be able to do it in continuous succession. Life has suddenly gotten busy (in a good way)!

       
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It's like we live in a twilight zone. Neither here nor there. Geographically we are in a great location! We are close to everything! We can get to the nation's capital and all its attractions within half hour (on good metro days)! We can get out to nature in less than that too...with so much greenery in the county. And yet it's so hard to meet ( Read more... )