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We have a pickle tray in my family. I’m not sure if this is a normal thing or just a wacky my-family thing, but we do. It’s glass or cryst...

Sixth graders are not stealthy. This isn’t news to me, but it was brought to my attention today –yet again – in a quite adorable way. Apri...

The high temp for Doylestown today was 86°. The lowest temperature my classroom managed today was 86° - and that was at 7:30 in the morning ...

I am NOT a ballerina – and not just because of a mid-recital-altercation that may have taken place when I was six (more on that below). I’m...

What was the headstone company thinking when they posted a sign reading: “Drive Safe. We Can Wait” ? I obsess over this each time we drive p...

I volunteered at an Autism Awareness 5K this morning. I probably could’ve run it, but – since the tan lines from last summer’s ankle brace ...

Whatever temperature today was, it’s my favorite. I needed to apply sunblock before post-school lounging in the backyard with a book. There ...

“And they all lived happily ever after.” My dad would close the book cover and lean down to give me goodnight kiss. “And then what?” This ...

There’s a scene in Alice in Wonderland where the White Rabbit oversees the playing cards as they frantically paint tulips. Yes, paint them...

26. 2 miles = length of a marathon (42.195 kilometers) 113 = Yesterday – April 20th, 2009 – was the 113th Boston Marathon. 25,000 + = the n...

Today is Marathon Monday in Boston, the first day of Massachusetts’s spring break, and also Patriots’ Day. It’s Marathon Monday that drew m...

There’s a brick tied with pink ribbon that sits on the floor beside the bureau in my childhood bedroom. It was a gift from four of my best f...

There are a few things I can depend upon in this world. The emphasis here is in things , not people. There are lots of people I can depend ...

♫ There’s a song that they sing when they take to the highway ♫ And conveniently that is a line from my song; the song that I sing when we...

I’m not naturally an unhappy person. Naturally I’m a please-keep-her-away-from-sugar-because-she’s-already-overly-effusive person. But I don...

Today’s been a day to survive and endure so that it can become tomorrow. I have to keep shrugging off the guilt-cloak that accompanies getti...

Today’s blog isn’t going to be all hyped up with jellybean-inspired hyperness or toilet-tweezers antics. On the whole, it’ll be more seriou...

I wanted to be a vet for a whole week when I was little. This career path followed right after my I’m-going-to-be-an-astronaut phase, which ...

Tonight’s blog is brought to you courtesy of Starburst Jellybeans. I’m reverse-aging. Really I am. Every time St. Matt and I step through t...

We had an addition put on our house this fall. They took the roof off our Victorian and turned our not-quite-walk-up attic into a third floo...