Author Archives: Laura

I’m neurologically sound

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Laura

That’s what the neurologist said.  My apologies to my far-off friends who read this blog for whom I forgot to post my results.  The appointment was so anti-climatic (it took about a minute and a half) that I just called … Continue reading →

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Snow Day!

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Laura

We’re in the middle of a big (by Baltimore standards) snow storm so they sent us home 2 hours early today.  When they made that decision, there was probably less than an inch of snow on the ground.  Meggan told … Continue reading →

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Vegetarian Groundnut Stew

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Laura

Nik was skeptical and I admit, I was  a little bit too.  But we made this recipe out of the Simply in Season Mennonite cookbook (p. 207).  Kristen gave it to me for Christmas!!  I was so excited to get … Continue reading →

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Poetry Thursday

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Laura

It’s a good thing Mom and Aunt Zona are such faithful Poetry Thursday participants because otherwise, I would never remember to post a poem.  (And it was my idea to begin with!)  Here’s a poem written by my former student … Continue reading →

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Trying

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Laura

Living here in suburban Baltimore, it sometimes feels like there’s not much we can do to help the environment, be connected to our neighbors, or much else that Wendell Berry and others seem to promote – and which Nik and … Continue reading →

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H&G (shades of Sleepless in Seattle for you!)

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Laura

Hello new purse!  Thanks for bringing me into the fashionable world of slightly larger, two handled bags which seem to be all rage this season.  I’m sorry that you’ll be out of fashion in another season because I’ll probably be … Continue reading →

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Poetry Thursday

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Laura

Thanks for posting your beautiful poem Mom!  (And thanks for the indirect reminder to post mine!) Here’s mine for this week:  It’s a fairly sad children’s poem but I’m posting it this week because next week, I want to post … Continue reading →

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How Mom spends her days, Take Two

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Laura

Last year, I posted a list of what Mom did with her time (in the opinion of my students).  Well, this year, we’ve arrived at the end of that unit again.  So here’s this year’s batch of ideas. They were … Continue reading →

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No results yet

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Laura

I didn’t get to go to the neurologist today because they didn’t get my referral from Kaiser Permanente in time.  So I had to reschedule until Friday at 9:30 am.  A little frustrating but oh well.  At this point, it’s … Continue reading →

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You can get a lot of stuff done if you stay up four hours longer than you usually do!

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Laura

First, Nik and I took down the queen bed frame that was in my room and sort of set up my table.  We were missing a few bolts.  But we were able to get it functional at least, if not … Continue reading →

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