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Entries from August 2003

Garden of dinner delights

August 5th, 2003 · Comments Off on Garden of dinner delights

Oh, the joys of little girls in a garden! Yesterday afternoon we went outside and picked part of our dinner. Abigail and Michaela helped pick green beans. Elisabeth had more interest in eating the dirt, so I let her crawl down the driveway. Sometimes I forget about the garden – as I did with the […]

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Children’s construction

August 5th, 2003 · Comments Off on Children’s construction

Rumbling crushing large jaws tear another bite of building children crowded against the chain-link watch with wonder hear the roar of this yellow Tyrannosaur the demolition of Commodore School August 2003

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This is not FDA approved

August 4th, 2003 · Comments Off on This is not FDA approved

Note: I wrote this entry a few days ago but didn’t have time to polish it. I decided to post it today, since I thought it fit well with the theme of the day… Took Abigail to the dermatologist today, actually to the doctor’s nurse practitioner, Vicky, for her plantar wart to be treated with […]

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Progress not profit

August 4th, 2003 · 1 Comment

With my background in biochemistry and in nonprofits, I was intrigued by this article in the Seattle Times business section today: Progress not profit I like the idea of being able to do research in a place that is free from both the pressure of academia and the profit-pushing of industry. In the article, the […]

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Someone loves you

August 3rd, 2003 · Comments Off on Someone loves you

Also while walking downtown today, I noticed a beautiful pot of plants growing in the middle of an island in the street. There, amidst concrete, red, yellow and purple flowers flourished. It was far enough away from any possible sprinkler system that it seemed someone must be watering the colorful plants by hand, certainly if […]

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