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My brain is a little sluggish today,  so I'm glad it's a holiday.   Working at a variety of different schools this month,  along with research reading and extracurricular activity,  has kept me busy taking notes.   Maybe I'm just nosy,  but I see lots of things that interest me ( Read more... )

#1--Deaf Nation Expo last Saturday was interesting,  but not as exciting as last year's (when I got to meet a deaf actor I'd admired for a long time).   But I did understand some signs here and there,  including parts of a live game show called "Accept or Accept Not."   The first "eureka" moment came before I even entered the building,  as I was ( Read more... )

   
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1)  After getting almost no work in March,  I've worked every day so far in April.    And they've given me an interesting variety:  infants of high school students,  autistic kindergarteners,  and,  today,  high school special-ed students.   Never a dull (or predictable) moment.

2)  I got to go on my first field trip today.   Another high school had ( Read more... )

Whew!   Saturday was one of those days where all kinds of activities were going on (as opposed to other Saturdays when there's nothing to do).   My schedule went like this:

10:45-12:30--Checked out Norco Little League's opening day action.   Every year,  I go to the Western Region playoffs in San Bernardino,  but for some reason,  I never get around ( Read more... )

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When I told my dad I was going to a book signing at Vroman's yesterday,  he quipped,  "Yours,  or someone else's? "  (Ha,  ha.)   When I told my sister that lisayee  asked all the authors present to stand for a picture,  and I did so a bit sheepishly (the others were published book authors,  after all),  she informed me,  "You're an author,  too!"   Okay ( Read more... )

1) I liked Farmers Market (in Los Angeles since 1934) a lot better before they built the upscale shopping mall, The Grove, next to it. Makes it harder to get a parking space, not to mention making me feel like a peon ( Read more... )

Today's horoscope said I might have "goodies, gifts or favors" coming my way. I thought, 'Yeah, right, I've read that one before.' Then I got another reprint rights check from Highlights in the mail ( Read more... )