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Archive for April, 2009

staying home sick

Posted: Thursday, April 16th, 2009 @ 10:53 pm in Journal | 2 Comments »

I had one of those wrenching mom-decisions this morning.  Sean had stayed home from school yesterday (Wednesday) after getting sick Tuesday afternoon.   This morning, he still looked and felt sick –  had some abdominal pains.   No fever, no real exterior symptoms.  So I sent him off on the bus. I called the doctor and scheduled [...]

Dull Pasture, Dead Grass

Posted: Sunday, April 5th, 2009 @ 8:04 am in Journal | Comments Off

I feel discontented. … everything seems to have a layer of dust on top of it, including my psyche. Probably it means I have been on the computer too much, but I think there’s more to it than that. Incipient spring, perhaps? Anyway, since it’s April maybe a good time for a poem by Richard [...]

Circannual 2009

Posted: Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 @ 4:15 pm in Big Picture, Journal | Comments Off

It seems that every April I start thinking of blogging the days on here again.   Anyway, here, right on schedule. .. literally, to the day.   Let’s see if I can do this with Aidan sitting on my lap saying “Let’s head out the door!”  My husband Kevin and I have revived our old habit [...]