I can’t really think about haircuts without thinking of Amy, from Little Women, saying to Jo, “Oh, Jo, your one beauty!” when Jo comes back from having cut off her hair to pay for a train ticket so Marmee can go take care of her wounded husband. Anyway . . . Might I preface this story by saying that a…
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Forgotten by Cat Patrick
I love a book with a great premise that makes me think, “How clever was that?” Where things are really quite well-thought out and the whole idea is solid. I felt like Delirium did that quite nicely. Delirium is on a large scale, though, and it doesn’t have to be a grandiose new world for me to love it. It…
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Eleven Months
Little Magoo, You’re closing the gap to one year so fast! This month your skill set has just exploded. You clap and wave and stick out your tongue on demand. And, your dad’s favorite, if we say, “what the hey?” to you, you shrug your shoulders and hold your little arms up in a I-have-no-idea gesture. You’ve started standing unassisted…
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Red Wagon by Renata Liwska
At Christmas, my mom mentioned to me that the childrens’ books she gravitates toward are the sweet books, rather than silly or weird. I thought of the books she loved to read to us – Amanda Pig, Bread and Jam for Frances, Blueberries for Sal, Little House on the Prairie – and realized she was very self-aware. Red Wagon is…
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Some Days
Yesterday, it was blazing hot outside, and Ella was grumpy, and I was having one of those afternoons where you just want to lie on the floor and stare at the ceiling. Which meant that for dinner we had these Banana Pancakes: via spread with this. . . And miraculously, everyone was happy again. (In my defense, I left the…
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