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Electric Lizard Hair and the Blue Duck Cake

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By the time the Ice’s fifth birthday party drew near, he had been thinking and planning out his options like a grad student plans a thesis. There were three primary components. The Hair The first was that he had determined by a thorough research of the subject that he was going — by the age [...]

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The Perfect Jersey Number

The Best Jersey Number Ever from Lisa Creech Bledsoe on Vimeo. This is a short little story about the First that I hadn’t thought of in years, but it’s a great one because it’s just so like him to think of something like this! Facebook friends, just click on the link above (or the “view [...]

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Cat butt on my table

see more Lolcats and funny pictures I try to allow Lolcats to post their own funniez, but this one… sigh. This one is just so true. I blame it entirely on the four guys I live with, who don’t seem to mind cat butt in the same place where they calmly lay their PB&J’s. I [...]

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Boy House Rules

One of the Maker’s self-portraits In 2003 my house was insane. Our boys were 7, 5, and 3. Loud, dirty, and broken was the theme in our little suburban casa. One day after some routine parenting repeating something for the eight thousandth time, I realized I was becoming a rulebot. I began to form this [...]

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Breakfast Curiosity

Saturday morning I got up to make sausages and pancakes for me and the five guys in my house (ages 41, 14, 13, 10, and 7). I set out six napkins with six forks on top. At the end of the meal, one fork remained untouched (??) and five napkins had never been used. I [...]

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Like King Midas Only Disgusting

When I came home from work today my hand stuck to the doorknob. I went to the fridge: same deal, but higher goop factor. Eew. So I grabbed some Clorox wipes and did a doorknob and handle circuit, which gave me a happy sigh when I finished. But then I took off my shoes. Either [...]

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The Pancake Scheduling System

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Last Saturday morning I rocked the house with my (only slightly singed or gooey, take your pick) made-from-scratch (um, I mixed the milk and raspberries into the Bisquick) pancakes. The boys are not particularly snooty about their pancakes, thus I was hailed by all as the undisputed (and uncontested — no one ELSE wants to [...]

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Margi Scharff

Last night the work on this earth that Margi did came to an end. I spent part of my day scrolling through her travel logs and enjoying some of the beautiful collages from her “raw material: from the road in asia” collection. Most of the pieces are created from papers and other found items which [...]

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The Maker’s Prayer

Thank you God for this day and this family. Thank you for light and dark, salt and pepper, cards and hats. Amen.

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The Reason I Love Cherry Cokes with Crushed Ice

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For my high school graduation in June of 1984 my granddaddy took me out to eat to the fine dining establishment of my choice. So we went down to the Sonic Drive-In near where he lived in Memphis, just a little ways from the Summer Twin Drive-In Movie Theater. The Sonic was notable because you [...]

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