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The Story Behind the Pictures

Posted on 10/11/2012 by chick

Dear Marshall, There is a page in our 2012 Christmas photo album with pictures taken during one of our hikes. It might even have been our very first hike together. I wrote something about that day as a draft but … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary to Us

Posted on 10/11/2012 by chick

My husband and I took a risk when we planned an outdoor wedding for an October day four years ago. The bet paid off, though. It turned out to be a beautiful day. Had we taken the same gamble this … Continue reading →

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Next in Line

Posted on 10/10/2012 by chick

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl Grade: B- As you might guess from the title, this book is about a fox. Foxes often raid farms for food, and this fox is no exception. Three farmers, each of whom is a … Continue reading →

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Beauty Girl

Posted on 10/09/2012 by chick

Dear Livia, Sometimes I call you Beauty Girl. That’s because you really are a beauty, inside and out. Even when you’re throwing one of your extreme head-banging, feet-kicking, nose-running tantrums, which you do often these days, I still think you’re … Continue reading →

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SITY: Asters

Posted on 10/08/2012 by chick

The wild asters first start blooming in the late summer. I’m always happy to see them. They fill the borders of our yard with their cheerful white flowers and signal that fall is on the way. Now fall is here, … Continue reading →

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Favorite Thing: Change

Posted on 10/07/2012 by chick

I like beginnings. I like positive progress. And I like them not just in the people and things around me, but also within myself. Here are some of the things that have changed in my life lately. Marshall started preschool … Continue reading →

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Rainy-Day Shoes

Posted on 10/06/2012 by chick

I drove to Connecticut on Thursday for work. As so often happens, the weather chose to be miserable for my trip. The drive in was just foggy and drizzly, but at about 6:30, just as I was getting ready to … Continue reading →

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On Writing

Posted on 10/03/2012 by chick

Writer’s block might make my life difficult, but it can’t keep me down forever. Though I did not manage to finish my story for the latest round of NPR’s Three-Minute Fiction, I did write a rough draft of a short … Continue reading →

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Soldiering Through

Posted on 10/02/2012 by chick

The last few weeks have been miserable. I have not been able to combine words in any way that makes sense to me. Writing about books, which is normally merely a difficult task, has felt almost impossible. Even work has … Continue reading →

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That’s Duckie

Posted on 09/17/2012 by chick

Here is the next book in my Dahl reading challenge. The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl Grade: B+ In this book, a young girl doesn’t like that her neighbors hunt for sport, so she uses her magic finger on them. … Continue reading →

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