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Hard to Be-Leaf It's Already Fall Again

(Sorry, I couldn't help myself) I live on a gorgeous, tree-lined street in Northern Virginia, not too far outside Washington, DC. My...

Oct 22, 20222 min read

How We Ended Up with a Giant, Inflatable Dragon

The kids and I have always enjoyed decorating for Halloween, but they kicked our decorations up a notch about four years ago. That year,...

Oct 17, 20222 min read

A Cat Named Croissant

Last week my ten-year-old daughter and I dropped my son off at tae kwon do, and since we had time to kill and the weather was nice, we...

Aug 20, 20223 min read

The First Day of School

This is me, in front of my first elementary school (I moved a lot, so I went to more than one) back in the early '80s. Looking back, it's...

Jul 31, 20222 min read

A Return to a Summer Tradition... Sort of

When my youngest daughter was two years old, my in-laws offered to take all three kids for an extended visit at their house in Texas...

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