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And though you die bird, You will have a fine view
Sometimes our lives seem to have very distinct themes woven into them.
The boy I tutor has trouble remembering which is which when it comes to the letters b and d. When he was getting restless during our session on Saturday we took a break to color. I asked him to draw a picture on one side of the page that started with b and something that started ( Read more... ) -
goodbye july
spent the stormy afternoon next to a big bay window The Storm
at a long familiar dining room table We lay in our beds as in a tomb
hemming cloth napkins on a friend's mother's awakened by thunder to the dark
sewing machine ( Read more... ) -
potluck and project pictures
Sorry the quality of some of these isn't the greatest.
This will just give an idea to those of you who couldn't come.
Or help the rest of you relive the madness....
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Pitchfork: What Might Have Been Lost
Pitchfork Music Festival took over Union Park the 18th 19th and 20th. I only made it on the 20th, decided to go at the last minute, buying a ticket from a scalper as I got off the L. And, wow, I have never seen so many bikes in one place...they were locked to everything stationary for blocks around the park.
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Potluck
This Friday night (the 25th) around 6pm you all are welcome to gather at my house one last time before it changes hands and is no longer the MacMillan Residence. Bring some sort of food to share. I know you love to eat just as much as I do…
Also, not a big deal but as motivation for myself to finish off some projects, I am thinking of having a mini ( Read more... ) -
Sold
Last week a family from California came to see our house, came back the next day to see it again and bought it the day after that. Two years of trying to sell the house and then it all happened so fast.
When the couple who is buying came to show the house to their parents and grandparents and kids and have the house professionally inspected there ( Read more... ) -
Cornerstone
was good. On these tables 195 letters were written to senators about getting the Global Poverty Act passed. (You can write one, too. Visit Bread's Website to use your voice in the US democracy.)
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