I’m starting to think about MdS as a restful vacation with a bit running thrown in. I’m not underestimating the desert...
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In the closet — literally
Hello from my closet. That’s right. I’m blogging from my bedroom closet. And there’s a nightstand barricading the bedroom door. I’d take a picture, but I’m afraid that somehow might disclose my location to the children. That’s right, I’m hiding from my children in the closet — in order [...]
Liza
Oobleck-y Summer
An athlete I’m working with wrote that she felt she was running through oobleck. I didn’t know the word, but boy, am I glad that I do now. (It’s a pressure-dependent, non-newtonian fluid. (Oooh!) It acts like a liquid when it’s poured, but when you exert force on it, it’s a solid. You make it with cornstarch [...]
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Off to Atlanta
Hello from the San Antonio airport. I’m headed to Atlanta to teach a WFA, but I’ll also get to see my best friends from college this weekend. I haven’t seen them in maybe 12 years. I had some plans of spiffing myself up between when I found out the WFA was near their house and now, but it’s been to hot and humid [...]
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Whoopie Cushion Walls and Bears
We were up in boulder last week for a Howard Family reunion. They’re a biennial event, but we’ve been treating it more like a quinquennially. (I intend to use that word as much as possible today now that I’ve looked it up.) And this is the whoopie cushion wall at the Denver Children’s Museum. That’s a dedication [...]
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No more modeling
Ruby caught the edge of a coffee table with her cheek yesterday. We had to take her to an urgent care and get her super-glued up. (Yes, yes, I know it’s different than actual super glue.) I will say, one of the nice aspects of living within spitting distance of a major highway and across from the university here, is that there [...]
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