Everyone has started school by now — the kids at home and at my school. I have a few observations: The water wasn’t working all morning at Chrysalis. Meaning I got to take my fourth period newspaper class on a “field trip” to a nearby building to use the facilities. My Conceptual Physics class was [...]
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We received the school portraits this week.
Full size image Also see the RAZR phone pairing.
In an article about the recall of a popular mobile phone, note the advertisement to the right. Full size image
We’ve worked hard this week on a Leif Eriksson report Rachel has due at school next week. Her assignment was to choose a presentation method (poster, Power Point, report, etc.) and an explorer. She chose the Power Point option. Which means I needed to teach her how to use the software. This is the first [...]
Overheard recently spoken by a child at dinner after I burned garlic toast in the oven: “Will that burning food set off the alarm clock?”
It’s been just over a week since Rachel went to her father’s. We spoke for the first time last night. She tells me the best part of camp is that they get to drink slurpees once a week. She also reports that dad’s dog Toby is wonderful. When she returns, we’ll do the back-to-school shopping [...]
Rachel returned from Camp Barney last Thursday. Major points of interest include unit cheers (“Two four six eight…” stuff), the Bog (a mud pit), and crafts. I have also heard about “Fun With Noah”, pottery, swimming, and horseback riding. She tells me the camp day was broken into seven periods during which activities were held. [...]
I sent Rachel off to camp yesterday. She’ll be gone almost four weeks in north Georgia. Today I received a phone call from her unit counselor: Rachel left her toiletry kit at home. Sure enough, I found it sitting on her desk, just where she described to counselors that she’d left it. I’ll mail the [...]
This message just in from Rachel’s father in the metro-DC area: Rachel has been talking up Drama Camp a lot. She really likes the idea. Just so you know what Rachel is up to this week: No camp (school is still in session up here), so she’s mostly hanging out, watching TV, reading, playing with [...]
