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  • As H.o.p. runs screaming from the room

    On one of the homeschool groups I’m on, an almost-war popped up over home science. One person had written in something about homeschool and science needs and how they were amazed at the materials some people had at home or had easy access to. The person ended the comment with a smiley, which indicates good…

  • Mother and Daughter

    Mother and Daughter Light box enlargement

  • Insanely crowded day at the zoo

    World of Reptiles Light box enlargement Atlanta Zoo, Tiger Exhibit, April 2007 I don’t know who these people were in front of me but I love the expression on the woman to the far right. I wasn’t aware of her but she was aware of me and the camera and granted a bemused grin. Glad…

  • The "official photographer" didn’t do so hot

    The Birthday Niece Light box enlargement Scads of nieces and nephews at yesterday’s birthday part. From the right, there’s a nephew, there’s a nephew held by a sister, there’s a niece right below reaching for something amongst the paper plates and the birthday girl niece beside her. Well, not scads, I guess. One more nephew…

  • Still standing

    Let me put it this way, the holiday pitched a few punches. Mother-in-law in from out of town since last Thursday and co-adult’s two brothers arriving a little after that, co-adult got hit with the flu last Friday and has been in bed since then, completely since then, steeped in misery. I have been gobbling…

  • In which I do a good job of not spreading Christmas cheer

    In which I do a good job of not spreading Christmas cheer

    We hit the Imperial Rome Exhibit at Fernbank a second time. The exhibit is leaving early January so not too long left to see it if you haven’t and are in the area. Imperial Rome Exhibit, Education Alley, Fernbank, Atlanta, 2006 View On White Going through the Farmer’s Market afterwards I finally mustered up a…

  • Yes, you can get attached to goldfish

    For some reason this week our fish went sceptic. I don’t know why. The water in the tank is good. PH is good. Everything is good. This happened a couple of months ago but that time the water proved to be suddenly way too acidic, the water coming from our tap the culprit. We got…

  • What we did

    First off we got lost on the way to the town south of Atlanta where my elder younger brother lives. So we drove around back highways for a while and I wondered, as I always do when we’re on our way down to visit them, at all the little churches holding ground at the interesections…

  • City wildlife

    City wildlife

    Aren’t they all gorgeous? Doesn’t H.o.p. look deceptively sweet? Not that he isn’t, he’s sweet as can be. He’s also a major imp and T. Wrecks.

  • The Niece (digital painting)

    The Niece (digital painting)

    The Niece 2006 28 w by 21 in h Digital Painting based on photo by artist copyright J Kearns 2006 Enlargement Detail. [clear]

  • The Show Must Go On (not, but seems to be)

    “Pinocchio, you’ve returned!” And here am I, the first decent morning I’ve had in a while, the whale’s mouth opening a crack. H.o.p. is running in to yell, “The garbage truck is here! The garbage truck is here!” Bang, boom, crash. He sits back down at the computer to draw some more of the marvelous…

  • Death and the Holidays

    This morning, my husband’s mother called to say she had just discovered my husband’s father had died. He has been declining the past 7 years with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). With the exception of several hospitalizations from illnesses caused by complications with the ALS, he remained home throughout. Hospice people began visiting during the summer.…