I hope you get a chance to do what we did yesterday: Combine 1 cup water and 1.5 cups sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil just until the sugar dissolves; remove from heat and set aside to cool. Squeeze enough lemons to make 3 cups juice (10 large ones). Mix with 5 cups water [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2005
Rereading meme
I love to reread books every bit as much as I love to read new ones; sometimes, more. This is something I’ve thought a lot about. There are a bunch of different reasons why I love to reread. Here are some: 1. Necessity. I don’t own very many books. I have never owned very many books. [...]
This is weird, and I don’t like it
In the last two days I’ve deleted four comments. Two were from people whose own blogs were not in English. One was supposedly from the Pope. And one was an extremely unpleasant comment about my son’s ponytail from someone describing himself as a drunken white guy. Is this because I used the word trans-gendered?
Happy Birthday Mister Smushy!
Daniel is 2 today!!! Among other things, we got him a potty. He talks a lot about pee pee and poo poo, and shows definite awareness of his bodily functions. However, he seems to have some misperceptions about proper potty usage.
Something for my parents
Melissa the Book Nut tagged me with this re-reading meme (name five books you read as a teen that you’d like to re-read), which I’m not answering quite yet, although I will soon. First I have to have a conversation with my Dad. He once interviewed me for what, two solid hours, on the topic [...]
Dengi dong ja
is Korean for “ponytail boy.” Isn’t that a great phrase? Say it out loud — I dare you! We went out for dinner last Friday night, to celebrate the last day of school and two terrific report cards. When it was time to order, our waiter turned to my son and said, “And what would you [...]
Another old favorite
Now that I have a little bookworm I’m spending more time in the chapter book aisles at the library. I came across one of my old faves near the Junie B. Jones books: Lisa and Lottie, by Erich Kästner. He also wrote Emil and the Detectives and an amazing book called The Little Man. There’s [...]