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Continue reading →: Dana, and My Existential Crisis.
Guess who’s back (back again). It’s been a while I know. But after a 5-minute conversation with Dana* I am sorted(ish). A little bit of background: I have disappeared because I had an idea. It seemed like a good idea. A new start. So here is the thought path that started…
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Continue reading →: 7 years! (And twice in as many days)
I just got a message from WordPress celebrating the anniversary of the first time I posted! I didn’t realize this when I posted this morning! To commemorate this momentous event that I accidentally stumbled upon I have chosen the posts that stick out the most in my quick scroll through…
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Continue reading →: Let’s try this again shall we…So I started this blog September 2010 because I love writing and had some free time. If you follow the blog you would see that the decline in posts coincided with the establishment of my little children’s center and then continued to dwindle as we grew from a family of…
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Continue reading →: “Every Child Is An Artist…The problem is staying an artist when you grow up”. Picasso My siblings and I grew up in a house filled with artists, art and beautiful things. Art was an integral part of our lives as we were growing up and not just in a passive way. My mother flung…
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Continue reading →: Dear KumquatDear Kumquat,* First I need to tell you that for the first 9 months of your life you are compared to different fruits and vegetables until you are as big as a watermelon and ready to come out… I may have just ruined watermelons for myself and anyone else who…
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Continue reading →: Family Safari Trip, When to go, Where to go and what to pack!When to go: The months between May and September are the dry season and the best time for animal viewings as the vegetation is shorter and the animals tend to gather around rivers and watering holes. In my opinion, and because I am not a huge fan of bugs and such,…
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