A suggestion: Go on fun trips with a father-in-law who takes great pictures with a great camera and then have him burn you a DVD with all the pictures on them. Then you will not ever have to pull out your own camera but you will still have a lovely photographic record of your trip. Tis brilliant. We’re flying home…
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Jour de pères heureux
A long time ago, my dad told me a story about his dad (my granddad). My dad had just earned his Eagle Scout award and his church leader was really pushing my dad to earn several extra Palms. My dad was ready to be done with scouting, but didn’t really feel like, at fourteen or fifteen, that he could tell…
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Soaring, Flying
I know some people don’t particularly love to fly (my mom would fall into this category) and some people totally loathe flying (I have a good friend who falls in this category, but I won’t out her here). I, however, love to fly. I like researching flights and picking a good deal. I like going to the airport (particularly the…
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Welcome to My Life
I know I’m all Scrooge-y over here most of the time, and when we got the quote for our AC replacement on Monday night, I was pretty distressed. But, I’ve discovered, nothing will help you part with your money more easily than being in a house that is hovering between 88 and 90 degrees for five days. In fact, you…
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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
Octavian is treated like royalty in the house of his Boston masters, until he realizes that they are using him as a science experiment to determine if Africans are equal, physically, mentally, and morally, to the European whites. Great premise, dull book. Not particularly recommended. I listened to the Octavian Nothing audiobook (alternate title: “It Will Take You Longer to…
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