Today we thumbed through “The Daring Book for Girls,” and that’s always a good read: tying knots, changing a tire, building fires, carving willow whistles, basically everything a young lady needs to know. My husband had a similar, though much more hard core book in his childhood. It belonged to his grandfather, who had been [...]
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The Good and Bad of Children’s Books
Posted in The Good and Bad of Children's Books, tagged babies, beatrix potter, children's books, daring book for girls, maggie b, old children's books, reading to kids, sailing on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Worms and Valentines
Posted in Worms and Valentines, tagged babies, children's books, mailboxes, pleasant surprises, twins, valentines, worms on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I walked down the little dirt path to my mailbox, peered inside the open lid, and got quite a surprise. There, on top of an L.L. Bean catalog, was a writhing pile of worms. Skinny, black writhing jungle worms. Gross. I used the catalog to fling them out and began to ponder how they [...]
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