Tag: children
group name: outofthecity
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June 25, 2006 09:43 PM EDT --
rarely do we play on the road-side of our house. we're always by the lake. of course! who wouldn't choose to be by water? still, lillie wants to ride her bike on the road sometimes. her bike is . . .
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February 09, 2006 11:43 AM EST --
what is the essence of timelessness?
is it something that calls to us, repeatedly through the ages?
is it a restful thing, something to soothe the soul?
can it be personal, or is it always something . . .
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May 15, 2006 11:00 AM EDT --
{12 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
yesterday, for mother's day, we went down to my parents' farm. i've chronicled things i love there before, so this time i thought i'd share . . .
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May 11, 2007 10:13 AM EDT --
This is for the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in their arms, wiping up puke laced with Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying, "It's . . .
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July 28, 2006 11:41 AM EDT --
{14 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
we went to grand haven last night,to swim in lake michigan (only a half-hour drive from grand rapids, where we had errands). this beach, just north of grand . . .
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July 17, 2006 11:34 AM EDT --
{12 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
saturday we had the most glorious day. we escaped the great heat and humidity after dinner, and drove to lake michigan. oh, the big lake - the place where . . .
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February 20, 2006 02:59 PM EST --
my parents' home is an old victorian farmhouse, built in 1871. if you look across the road and down a bit, you can see half the hill removed - scraped away to make the bricks for this huge house.
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April 20, 2006 08:13 PM EDT --
lillie's big news is that she got a paddle for kayaking. there are several small orange canoe paddles (the better to see them when they fall out of the hands of little kids and start floating away) . . .
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May 31, 2006 09:21 PM EDT --
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anyone living with a little kid knows that within any 24-hour period, there are many ups and downs. overall, lillie is an extremely happy child, for which . . .
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June 22, 2006 04:01 PM EDT --
yesterday, princess sea (our daughter lillie) made a chalk masterpiece. she made up a story to go along with it. i'll retell it here, to the best of my ability. i am sure i'll leave out a lot of . . .
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July 11, 2006 08:51 PM EDT --
we've had quite the contrasts in weather in the last 24 hours. last night, we had a golden peachy sunset. the sky was so pure and clear, and the golden glow just soaked everything.
tonight we . . .
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May 18, 2006 11:13 PM EDT --
this week, i've had such a wonderful time with my friends and family. lots of time on the water, or watching the water. this morning, the water was so dark, and the sun was shining so brilliantly - . . .
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May 22, 2006 10:54 AM EDT --
{12 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
on saturday, we went over to saugatuck, to visit with lake michigan. oh, this is one of my favorite places in the whole world. always, always, it gives . . .
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May 24, 2006 08:28 PM EDT --
lillie - princess sea - had an amazing day today. such fun! when she wakes up, one of the first things out of her mouth is "can we play puppet show?" i swear we play puppet show for hours . . .
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May 29, 2006 10:34 PM EDT --
{12 photos, for those gathering on dialup}
yesterday, we escaped from the weekenders at our lake and went to visit my parents at the farm. my parents just got back from germany - visiting friends - so . . .
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June 03, 2006 09:33 PM EDT --
{10 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
we've had an eventful day. first, i wanted to show you the photos of the huge rainbow we saw last night, after the storm. i just happened to look out . . .
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August 30, 2006 09:54 PM EDT --
I was an avid reader as a child. There was nothing I liked better than getting to go to the library and take home a stack of "fresh" books. Some of my favorites were the popular mystery series . . .
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January 31, 2007 08:51 PM EST --
You’ll have to understand that I had two brothers, five and ten years older respectively. Both were excellent students even as gradeschoolers. Both graduated valedictorian of their classes. . . .
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September 17, 2006 11:30 PM EDT --
This Gather thing would have driven me crazy when I was 14.
I grew up in a town of 700 people that shut down in the winter. There were people there, but the deep snow increased . . .
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October 19, 2006 07:07 PM EDT --
My sister inherited my room after I got married and left. I had the front room with French windows in an old Victorian Cape May style house in our small town.
My sister was a die hard Rolling Stones . . .
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