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Dismantled by... a book... again
I just finished Little Bee by Chris Cleave. To be fair, I'm attracted to books that give perspective on world events and other cultures, which may be why I liked the fictional representation of a Nigerian refugee. There are the obvious ways that you can imagine that Little Bee could make you realize the value of your privileged life in a ( Read more... ) -
Pictures
We took Finn to get his haircut today at Country Village's Bella and Max: http://www.countryvillagebothell.com/
He had a lot of fun playing on the pirate ship and afterwards their Fall Festival got under way. We had a good time!
Finn had a mold of his hand made out of wax
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Local lecture
Tomorrow night Eric and I are going to see a lecture sponsored by Finn's school by Dr. Meltzoff from the Insitute of Learning and Brain Science at the UW ( Read more... ) -
Maybe you can help answer one of these questions...
**Maybe your child has asked some of these things or maybe you have a witty response, either way shoot if you have an idea. :P ( Read more... ) -
One more
I also recently finished Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven http://www.amazon.com/Undress-Temple-Heaven-Susan-Gilman/dp/0446578924 by Susan Jane Gilman. If you love to travel (and perhaps miss the care-free younger you) then this is a book to pick ( Read more... ) -
Books and the library
Okay, so I have a bit of ridiculousness going on in my head as my time of the month cycles through. However... I almost exclusively use the library and never regret it. I'm looking through older journal entries and I see hoards of books that I've read and don't remember much about, but apparently loved. I don't see that I tagged anything about ( Read more... ) -
Self-relating
I’ve signed up to take a class called Living with Emotions that combines several forms of behavioral approaches to help people (like me) learn how to be better friends with their feelings. Hello feelings, I want to be your friend! The class incorporates many approaches to therapy that interest me at present and also some concepts that I’ve ( Read more... ) -
6th Wedding Anniversary on Orcas Island
We said our goodbyes to Finn at preschool and jumped in the car and headed to Anacortes. Fortunately for us, we arrived five minutes before the ferry would leave for Orcas and did not have to wait in a ferry line. I promptly fell asleep on Eric’s shoulder and relived the joys of a nap. We arrived, drove to our hotel and found lunch. The hotel ( Read more... )
