At least I think that’s what those grimaces meant.

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It seems I have become a soccer Mom. But with a twist (thank heavens!) Sam’s coach has asked me to help out with his rather large group of kids during the Thursday skills class. So today I had a group of 7 kids and we played a couple of scrimmage games. Very fun. And apparently I can still hold my own against 8 and 9 …

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AC and Sam are not, however, standing in front of it. This is the Attorney’s office where we spent the morning signing papers. Sam paid her dollar (in four quarters) and was given a receipt. And that was it. Pretty anti-climactic, especially because the sellers will not vacate the house until June 9. So we became …

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His name is Buddy and he lives at the Virginia Wildlife Center.

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Besides cinnamon bear pancakes this morning, my mother’s day presents included: a clothespin woman a clothespin man holding a French flag a tea cup made from a plastic apple sauce cup a pair of cardboard tube binoculars slippers made from cardboard and felt (the felt was a nice touch!) a goblet made from a plastic cup, …

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We’ve moved seven times in the past ten years. There have been plenty of opportunities to purge belongings, especially books. And yet still I find books I’m holding onto for sentimental reasons. Like this copy of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles, given to me by a student at Penn State Altoona (I think). I’ve held …

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to the Bent Spoon garden is portable, since we’ll be getting ready to move house in about a month. (Thanks to Scottie and Janet for the plant and the pot!)

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