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Mr. Terrific
Mr. Terrific from Norma Jean Barrett on Vimeo. The theme for this month’s terrific kid award was “justice”. Zach was praised by his teacher for his value of fairness and of equality.Can you say future partner in my future law firm...
Intersections
“I dated a guy from Belleville once,” said the new found friend from the other side of the sectional couch. “Oh yeah?” I peaked up from my dull and dry evidence textbook, completely unprepared for the imminent collision of w...
Deadlines ...
… this is not what I want to be writing about. I want to write about “no-mance” … I want to write about romance … I want to write about transitions … I want to write about discovery … I want to write more abo...
Milestones ...
NovemberJuliet turns four today. It seems like it should be one hundred. Like this space has always been here. But it’s only four. I look back on early ramblings and reflect on who I was then. It was not a fun time. But I remember laughi...
From the Archives - Remembering . . .
Their fears. Their hunger. Their shivers. Their volleys. Their commands. Their commitment. Their determination. Their comraderie. Their sacrifice. I thank them, and I thank you for remembering yesterday’s soldiers and supporting today...
Seven Up and Sandwiches
There weren’t any desks in my grade 1 classroom, just tables. There were four or five to a table and we were grouped by reading ability. At my table, the enriched reading table, there were five of us. Me, my best friend Melanie, my ...

