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Saturday
The house is a wreck and itās stressing me out, but the sky outside is crisp and clean and blue with November sunshine, so I pull your high chair over to the window. Between mouthfuls of Gerber pureed carrot you watch the shadows of the trees dancing on the fence. You keep glancing back at me as if to say, Are you seeing this?! The world is so cool! Babies sort of force a person to live in theā¦
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Tiny Changeling
The Engineer and I had a baby! I havenāt written much during the pandemic ā it hasnāt felt like thereās much worth sharing when time feels meaningless and trips home keep getting canceled and my creativity, like so many peopleās, is stymied by the historical moment weāre living in. But this is one story Iād like to write down somewhere. Finding Out We had decided to start trying when 2020ā¦
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Endings Are Weird II
Endings Are WeirdĀ II
My dad is retired. Sort of. He went into the office the day after his retirement party, which bothered me because I like neat and tidy endings, but it also seemed appropriate. The fini flight, as they call it, was an echo of some other, real last flight years ago that none of us fully recognized for what it was.
Iāve been a pilotās daughter my whole life. It was something fun to throw in theā¦
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All Are Welcome
The Engineer and I often talk about our āforever homeā and the various attributes this dream house will have. We want a vegetable garden, a renovated carriage house where the Engineer can tinker with his five motorcycles (yes, we have decided on five) and I can read in the loft, a wood stove, a playroom for our kids, sustainable energy-efficient technology, and of course a library with a secretā¦
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Moses Floating in a Basket: A Follow-Up to Skits and Donuts
Moses Floating in a Basket: A Follow-Up to Skits andĀ Donuts
Interestingly, āTeaching Moments with Skits and DonutsāĀ has been one of my most popular posts over the years, but not necessarily because of the VBS experience that spawned the post. A lot of readers end up in the comments there searching for the apparently elusive lyrics to what I remember only as āthe Moses song.ā At least once a year I get an email asking for the lyrics!
After my mother kindlyā¦
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Depression 2.0, Now With Fun New Features
Depression 2.0, Now With Fun NewĀ Features
I havenāt written here in a while ā longer than a while, really, but letās ignore the specifics. I havenāt written because the words have been gone.
Iāve reached for them, certainly. I could show you all the drafts Iāve half-started, all the snippets scribbled in an optimistically blank notebook that promiseĀ thisĀ time Iāll truly Start Writing Again,Ā thisĀ time the words will be back for good.
Butā¦
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Review: Becoming Mrs. Lewis
Review: Becoming Mrs.Ā Lewis
Knowing how obsessed I am with C.S. Lewis and his works (I plan to one day own them all. ALLLLLLL.) my wonderful mother gave me this book for my birthday: a fictionalized account of how Joy Davidman grew into one of āJackā Lewisās best friends and eventually became his wife.
I will admit, I was cautious about my excitement at first. Sometimes Iāve found that digging into the biographical factsā¦
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December Book Blizzard
The lovely thing about vacations is I get to read so much more! And when that vacation is also Christmas, where I usually receive even more books,Ā wellā¦
This year, between stocking up for long plane trips and receiving some wonderful gifts from family, I ended up devouring 7 books over 2 weeks, which is an average of a book every 2 days. Not my best record (thinking back fondly to the Christmasā¦
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Finishing a Series...15 Years Later
Finishing a Seriesā¦15 YearsĀ Later
I first discovered Tamora Pierceās Circle of Magic quartet during the Dark Ages of my local library. Our beloved brick building had been torn down and the library relocated to a former auto shop, where many of the books had to be left in storage because there was simply no room.
Sad as this was, the cozier shelves made the newly narrow choices stand out. I discovered some new favorites I wouldā¦
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An Announcement
Iāve thought long and hard about the future of this blog. After almost a year of not posting, itās clear that my current life situation does not provide me with the type of content I want to share on this site.
But I couldnāt just give it up entirely. I mean, for one thing, The Grammar Changeling is definitely a name I want to keep. Itās awesome (thanks, Bird!).
So I focused on the thing that hasā¦
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It's Always Once Upon a Time in New York City
We went to New York and I know it's cliche but I fell completely in love with the city
The Engineer surprised me back in May with tickets to seeĀ Hamilton on Broadway for our anniversary this October. Ā (If I hadnāt already known, this would clinch it ā heās a keeper!) Ā So last weekend we flew up to New York for an anniversary weekend trip. For me, New York as always been something of a mythical place. Ā Itās the setting of so many stories, from DisneyāsĀ Oliver and CompanyĀ (whereā¦
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Omnipresence
I was chatting with my dad a while ago about this blog when he mentioned that I hadnāt said anything about him or my mom in a while.Ā It makes sense, he said, because they arenāt really in my life anymore.Ā He said he understood, that it was logical for a person of my age and place in life.Ā It was just an observation. And I thought about it.Ā Itās true, I donāt write explicitly about my parentsā¦
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Before I Typed "Me Too"
Before I Typed āMeĀ Tooā
Iām sitting on our brand new couch, staring at Facebook on my phone, thumb hovering over the text box to type my own post.Ā Thinking. Of course.Ā Me too. Except it might sound like a bigger deal than it is.Ā I mean, Iāve never actually beenĀ assaulted, thank God. I mean, there was that one guy on my first day at my new summer job who drove past me when I was walking to lunch and turned around soā¦
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What I Learned From My August Self-Challenge
What I Learned From My AugustĀ Self-Challenge
It was Tuesday, August 1st, and I was sitting at the kitchen table with Bird, staring at my computer. Ā Iād meant to post something on Monday, but I forgot, and now the private goal Iād had of posting something every day that week was gone. Ā But another calendar segment had just begun. I looked up at Bird. Ā āIām going to try to post something every weekday in August.ā āOkay then. Ā Let me know howā¦
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Reminders of Robin Hood
Reminders of RobinĀ Hood
Iāve been thinking a lot about Nottingham, randomly remembering the curve of our street between the park and the cemetery, picturing myself suddenly there at random moments throughout the day. Ā I miss it. Ā I miss the Left Lion at the courthouse, my nondescript little room in our flat, the tea places tucked into every spare shopfront, the wide sidewalks around the university, the way the castleā¦
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Where the Hell is Our Mailbox?
Where the Hell is OurĀ Mailbox?
When the Engineer and I were house-hunting, we had a wish list. Ā We wanted a garage for his motorcycle, an in-unit washer and dryer that were not coin operated, a cat (not included with the house, but we wanted the option to get a feline friend), and a mailbox in which we could not only receive our own mail but have outgoing mail picked up (our old apartment complex didnāt have an outgoing mailā¦
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Review: In This House of Brede
Review: In This House ofĀ Brede
I finished this book on the flight from Seattle to Raleigh. Ā To my left was a dad watching a Dwayne āThe Rockā Johnson movie. Ā To my right, across the aisle, was an Unaccompanied Minor who was too cool for school, or for playing peekaboo with the adorable toddler who kept popping over the seat in front of him. Ā The toddler gave up eventually, turned to me, and waved with that jellyfish fingerā¦
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