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Melissa Wiley posted a blog entry

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:35:13 -0800

Our Favorite Potato Soup
Mamalion asked for my potato soup recipe. I’ve been making this soup since college; my aunt gave me an old cookbook...
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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:22:16 -0800

From the Archives: Thanksgiving
Originally posted Jan. 25, 2005. This was one of the first posts I wrote for this blog. At the time, Jane was nine, and...
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:48:56 -0800

Pull Up a Stool and I’ll Tell You a Tale
There are days when your own life seems surreal to you. I mentioned the G/I doctor has ordered a bunch of tests for young...
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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:49:56 -0800

Why This Blog Has Been a Trifle Slow of Late
It’s because I’m too busy having conversations like the following…not to mention chasing after the scattered...
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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:14:21 -0800

“A virus walks into a bar…”
We started our day giggling over this science humor: Via BoingBoing, conveyor of many delights.
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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:59:57 -0800

The Star of Christmas
Fans of Maria Wilkes’s Caroline books will be interested to know Maria has a new picture book out, a sweet holiday story...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:39:18 -0800

Computer Programming for Kids
I tweeted a request for computer programming tutorial recommendations (for Jane), and a number of useful suggestions came...
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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:25:34 -0800

Housecleaning and Babysqueezing
Things I did this week: • Spring cleaning. I know, I know, I’m six months late. Or six months early: maybe that’s...
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:53:59 -0800

“A drop can bounce”
The everyday magic of surface tension: “the quality of a liquid that causes the surface layer of that liquid to behave...
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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:03:13 -0800

I’m Very Considerate That Way
We’re lying side by side, reading. A book for him, a screen for me. Me: I want a cupcake. Him: What? Where’d that...
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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:21:43 -0800

This Could Go on Forever
Wonderboy: My hearing aids aren’t working. Me: Oh, are your batteries dead? Wonderboy: Huh? Me: Do you need new...
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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:10:50 -0800

Beware the Night Life
Just one week ago, Jack was in his prime. Ruddy, round-cheeked, he had a cheerful grin for all the world. Then he went out one...
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:53:05 -0800

Then Again, Perhaps She’d Be Offended by that “Cowrin, Tim’rous” Business
“It’s rather an unusual case,” said Madam Chairwoman blandly. “The prisoner is a poet. You will all, I...
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:55:13 -0800

Knight of the Kitchen Table
Once upon a time, there was a very tidy cupboard. Then along came young Sir Destructalot. Having wreaked maximum havoc, he...
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:32:30 -0800

Catch Me If You Can
What I should probably try to chronicle tonight is how Jane, Beanie, and I came to the conclusion this morning that Plutarch is...
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:15:54 -0800

High Roads, Low Roads, and Very Long Roads
Well, my day went something like this: Drove to children’s hospital for Wonderboy’s appointment with our favorite...
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Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:22:07 -0800

One More Picture
Because I sliced my thumb and forefinger while washing a knife this afternoon (nothing serious) and don’t feel like doing...
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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:47:14 -0700

Auditioning for a Role in Two Bad Mice?

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Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:16:47 -0700

“I see a mermaid riding on a unicorn…”
Here’s something fun: the Cloud Appreciation Society. Float on over to check out some amazing photos, learn about the...
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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:27:12 -0700

This Week in Ancient Greece
The Parthenon. Photo by Kallistos (Creative Commons license). “It was built about 2,500 years ago and stands on a white...
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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:14:55 -0700

Literalist
A conversation reported to me by the 14-year-old: Wonderboy (looking at book): “Biscuit is spelled...
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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:29:14 -0700

Indeed They Do
Overheard: the three-year-old exclaiming over the nine-month-old, “Oh, they just grow up so quickly!”
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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:02:22 -0700

Good Listener
During yesterday’s evening tidy, Jane asked Wonderboy to put a pair of shoes away in the cubby. Wonderboy, as many of you...
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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:53:12 -0700

A Bright Light
“You, child. What do you know of Greece?” Betsy had not understood much of what had passed, but she remembered her...
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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:07:18 -0700

A Bright Light
“You, child. What do you know of Greece?” Betsy had not understood much of what had passed, but she remembered her...
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