Monthly Archives: July 2012

The Queen’s Jubilee, Right in My Front Yard

I woke up super early this morning. It’s 0600. What’s the O stand for? “Oh my God, it’s early!” It was an effort to get some really good work in before I had to wake my kids to get ready for camp, because one they are up and we start the…

Oversharing at the Border Since 1997

So here’s something interesting. Yesterday evening, we crossed the Canada/United States border with two eagerslashanxious girls. Our destination was a community center in Ann Arbor, Michigan where the two soon-to-be sixth graders would grab the bus that would take them—for the very first time—to overnight camp in Waupaca, Wisconsin. (Overnight…

Freak Flags Are The Best Kind Of Flags

This morning I walked three kids through the doors of the neighborhood community center. Emily was all sleepy-eyed, asking questions about LOST. “So, the black smoke came to be because the dude got pushed into the golden cave, right?” Josh was all wide-eyed, showing me pictures from the issue of…