Have you noticed the spiders? The garden spiders are amazing in this season as they grow larger and larger, weaving their beautiful webs to catch the flies feasting on fallen fruit, spangled with drops of fog in the morning. Huge…
Monthly Archives: October 2018
Watching the Spider
These are the faces of children watching a spider catch a mosquito and wrap it up in web. After we walked around the neighborhood watching spiders, collecting gorgeous leaves, and noticing pumpkins ripening on the vine, someone asked me, “When…
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Feminism and Body-Positivity: two great articles!
Two excellent articles from the New York Times. The first one, How to Raise a Feminist Son, expands on the themes from my recent post about boys’ and men’s emotional lives, and the importance of fathers being vulnerable. The second…
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Furnishing the grasshopper home
This grasshopper paid us a visit. We furnished it quite a nice home. Birch even made it a life jacket in case it wants to go swimming in the bird bath.
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Watching shows during school?
Charlie (with the dustpan): “I’m watching Thomas.” Fritz (with the quilt square): “I’m watching a grownup show cause I’m a grownup.”
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