I found a shopping cart! It's been on the sidewalk in front of my house for almost a week. Ever since garbage pick-up day. I thought it had been left by someone going through the recycle bins on the street, as often happens on garbage day. But why would someone who was collecting recyclables leave …
For a "language person", few things can be as rewarding as working with beginning English learners. Whenever Mark would tell people what I did for a living, he would often point out that I was the first teacher some of my students ever came in contact with after entering the U.S. And if you think …
Who's got the button? When I was little my Grandma Johnson used to play a game with us kids. It was called, to the best of my recollection, "Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?" I don't remember all of it, but it involved one person having a button in their hands and the others trying to …
The first item of clothing I ever made for myself was a pink "peasant blouse" when I was in eighth grade. But I'm guessing that for most of us who learned to sew as kids, our actual first projects were doll clothes. When I was in elementary school I made "troll clothes" by cutting arm …
Do you have mice in your hallway? If so, this post will tell you what to do about them. You may remember this as the featured image from "Lost in the House", from way back in December of 2016. Well, here's the latest update on the catnip mice.I admit to arranging these mice for the …
"Panda! What are you doing now?" "Dude," Panda replied. "I'm practicing for if I ever go to outer space. This is my weightlessness simulator. See how your kitty toys are floating around me?""Are you crazy?" I asked. "You can't practice weightlessness in a toy box! You have to go to NASA for that kind of …
Okay, I realize my last post was about plants... but this one is about plants with a purpose! You may remember when Foster was smaller, we went on a mission to attract hummingbirds. The first plan was to put the feeder as close to the window as possible so I could get close up photos …
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