Archive for the 'Education' Category

Claire At Eleven Months

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Claire is better; her fever broke yesterday. Now I have a sore throat and a low grade fever, and I hope this passes just as quickly.
My morning started with feeling punky and then turned odious. (Warning: somewhat gross details follow.) I was eating my toast at the table and Claire was playing on the floor. [...]

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Ten Things Tuesday

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

I’ve never participated in this meme before, but Gerry does so I thought I’d do a quick brain dump. Reader beware: the quality of what comes next might be less than intelligent. I should also mention that the meme focuses on 10 things one is thankful for; I wrote it more generally, though it could [...]

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A Long Day

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

I sit at the dining table, just having put Claire to bed at 7:45 p.m. Husband is out seeing a movie with a friend; he deserves an occasional fun outing too. The challenge has been that last week I started doing something different with Claire’s schedule, and today I’ve decided it probably isn’t working out.
Before [...]

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Tide Change

Monday, July 21st, 2008

My energy seems to have returned, which makes me feel cheerier and optimistic. This shift occurred over the weekend when I got some time to myself.
A Guatemalan friend recommended some authors to me, so on Thursday I dove into Antigua and My Life Before, by Marcela Serrano. I finished yesterday completely satisfied with the [...]

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Before Morning Nap

Friday, July 4th, 2008

One thing I’ve noticed about having a child is that one parent typically takes the majority of the pictures, which means more time spent behind the lens than in front. That would be me. My sister intends today to get some shots of me with Claire. This was one from the early morning. I look [...]

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Escape

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.
–T.S. Eliot

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All By Herself

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Claire started pulling up this week, and yesterday she began cruising a little too. Today she pulled herself up under the dining table, and I had the camera handy. A few moments later she began to whimper, because she couldn’t figure out how to sit down again. In other places she lets go and sits [...]

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A Story — Or Two Dozen — Before Bed

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

This is how we spend 40 minutes or so before a nap. We sit on the floor with me right behind her. She pulls a book off the shelf, I read and set it aside, and she pulls another, and another, etc. until she yawns and rubs her eyes or bursts into tears for no [...]

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Take A Moment

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Stop for five minutes and let Phil Plait refresh your perspective about what awesome feats humans are capable of. Let him infect you with his enthusiasm for scientific discovery. His energy is inspiring. If the video doesn’t embed, you can see it here.

Thanks to Dale for sharing this.

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Big Day

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Today has been a day of accomplishment for Claire. She is now crawling on hands and knees; the army crawl still gets used, but she’s definitely using the other method, especially outdoors.
But that’s not all!
As of today (who knows what neuron finally developed?) she claps her hands. Sing the “If You’re Happy and [...]

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