Yesterday I filled the van’s tank with gas. At 3/4 empty, it cost $32 to fill. So a full tank of gas would be $43. For $43 I could buy: 54 red and yellow tulips or 103 Hershey chocolate bars or 57 mangoes or 97 pounds of rice or 31 loaves of French bread or […]
Entries from May 2004
Instead of gasoline: creative spending
May 14th, 2004 · 5 Comments
Tags: journal
Creative bird feeding 101 and other lessons
May 13th, 2004 · Comments Off on Creative bird feeding 101 and other lessons
Yesterday afternoon during “school time” the girls and I went out in the garden and planted the last round of seeds for a while: radish, carrot, cornflower, wildflower, sun flower, corn, beans and marigolds. I’m a bit suspect that some of these will grow – last year the birds came and got much of it […]
Tags: gardening
Yet another reason to work and school at home
May 13th, 2004 · Comments Off on Yet another reason to work and school at home
No backpacks.
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What does he do in there all day?
May 13th, 2004 · 2 Comments
David Weinberger also works at home, like my husband. Sometimes I wonder how Ted feels all day in his office, a small room, off of our dining room, that rivals the size of our master bath. Two glass doors separate his world from ours. Maybe he feels like he’s inside a fish tank, a cedar […]
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Talking with our hands
May 13th, 2004 · 3 Comments
My last post described talking with lips, now this one will describe talking with hands… Our middle daughter, Michaela, liked sign language the first time she saw it. I remember how she started moving her hands along with the interpreter’s. It’s hard for her to sit still: she loves to touch and explore the world […]
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