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We couldn’t talk her into it. She refused to cut her hair. Not during the daily brush-and-screams, or the subsequent style-and-screams, or even the lice-comb-out-and-screams (a kindergarten tradition, apparently). She wanted to have the longest hair in class, a title held by a little boy who knows how to rock a serious mullet. And so, […]
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Two weeks before Christmas, and I was not feeling the cheer. In fact, every evening was just an epic homework battle punctuated by sibling death-matches and family dominio-meltdowns. So when I heard the sound of a crying cat after school one afternoon, I decided we should follow it, if just to stall the inevitable. We […]
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She seemed fine after her egg binding incident, eating well, happily scratching with her girls. But we never did get another egg. So I wasn’t too surprised to find her pale and droopy on Wednesday night. I put her in her coop and braced myself for a possible Chicken Spa the next day. But she never […]
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Our white Brahma chicken, Henrietta Universe, has never been our most prolific layer. So it took us a few days to realize she hadn’t given us an egg in far too long. I texted Rob, “Henrietta looks pale. I don’t think she feels good.” “What?! How can a chicken look pale?” he replied. Good point. […]
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Twitter year in review for @thenVioletsaid: Soy Dora! Y mi cabeza es un football. I wish Graham was my twin so he could go to kindergarten with me. That sign says “Men’s Club”. Is that a club just for boys? Graham! Do you want to join it? (He said yes.) #thedangersofreading In “Rockin Around the Christmas […]
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