Tuning out Irving Berlin

Since early childhood I have been a night owl, and sung the Irving Berlin song “Oh how I hate to get up in the morning”, to anyone who tried to argue me out of bed.  I can remember pleading with my mom, late at night, to ‘just let me come to a stopping place’ in whatever

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Donuts for dinner

I generally feed my family nutritious and balanced meals, and make a rule of including 2-3 veggies with every dinner – But there’s always the exception to the rule.  Sometimes, when a deadline is pressing, we’ll pass on the pizza and have breakfast for dinner.  Pancakes or french toast, with lots of maple syrup.  Scrambled eggs and

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Slow-motion student

Have I mentioned I’m a student?  Probably not.  And the reason, if you must know, is that I forget between times that I’m supposed to be in school. See, I take independent study online classes, and have a year to complete them from the date I pay for the course.  This means that I work

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My latest impossible wish

We visited the Lemur Center at Duke University this past Friday.  The primates were fascinating, and the guide was helpful.  What I found funny, though, was that the more I heard of the lengths taken to care for the lemurs, and walked around the extensive forest and enclosures, the more I wanted me very own lemur

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Dog-ish Food

The kids and the parentals were sitting around the kitchen table, finishing a lunch of soup and hot dogs baked inside pop-biscuits.     Son “I love dogs in a blanket,”     Daughter “Yeah, we ate puppies in a blanket!” How often do you hear that in N.America?