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12 November 2013 Despicable

Nov 13, 2013

Yay for the $1.50 shows at the Carmike!

11 November 2013 Alex, ZoÃ© et Compagnie

Nov 12, 2013

French Club is split into two groups this year– Les Grands et Les Petits. With Les Grands we are working with a textbook program called Alex et ZoÃ©. The kids recently completed the first unit and today they presented a skit to Les Petits. I don’t think Les Petits were too impressed, but I was quite pleased. In this …

10 November 2013 Autopilots

Nov 11, 2013

Again at the Virginia Film Festival. AC, Sam and I saw “Autopilots”: a documentary about AC’s boss’s bid to enter a self-driving vehicle in the DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005.

9 November 2013 Virginia Film Festival

Nov 10, 2013

It’s been over 10 years since I attended a showing at the Virginia Film Festival. It’s been even longer than that, I think, that I went to a movie theater by myself! What a rare pleasure. The film, “The Armstrong Lie,” was good, too.

8 November 2013 See You in the Spring

Nov 9, 2013

7 November 2013 Plague Doctor

Nov 8, 2013

Sam is obsessed with the plague, aka the Black Death that swept through Europe in the middle of the 14th century. We read about the costume that doctors who treated plague victims wore, and today she wanted to make one for herself. Apparently the beak-like nose could hold fragrant herbs and flowers. Doctors believed …

6 November 2013 While Chopping Garlic

Nov 7, 2013

(We’ll make a garlic-lover of Sam yet!) Sam: Mommy, do you know why I’ve been helping you make dinner and breakfast a lot lately? Me: No, I don’t. Sam: Well, you know how Santa sees everything? Me: [nods & thinks–ah, right. She’s kissing up to Santa] Sam: And he can see when you do good things? Me: [nods & …

5 November 2013 Japanese Maple at Boxerwood

Nov 6, 2013

4 November 2013 Halfway Down the Stairs

Nov 5, 2013

I love this A.A. Milne poem on the staircase leading up to the meeting rooms (or down to the children’s section) at Central Library in Cville.

3 November 2013 Telling Tales

Nov 4, 2013

Guest photographer: Scottie! I don’t know which of Al and Johnny’s stories we were listening to when Scottie snapped this picture. Let’s just say that their childhood together (60-some years ago!) now provides great entertainment at the table.