Author Archives: The Daring One

Hands as Soft as a Mom

I got a wicked blister this week from peeling too many potatoes and carrots. Dan says I must have soft delicate computer programmer hands like him. And that’s funny. The problem is – I am not a computer programmer. I … Continue reading

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Grownups Make Big Giant Mistakes

“Don’t believe me? Come with me to the library where I’ll yell out loud, throw a fit, hit some kids during story time and then fling my body down the stairs. I promise it will be convincing.” [Read the whole … Continue reading

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Lost in Fiction

Someone asked me recently if I’d gotten lost on Facebook because this blog has been a ghost town the past few months. Twitter and Facebook have changed things for me to some extent. In some ways I think they bring … Continue reading

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Do Your Parents Lick You?

I should never be allowed to read books to children in public. [read more @Parenting.com]

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Reverent in Church… And Quiet Elsewhere

‘Magoo is not yet ready to appreciate a cultural event of this nature. If I’d known that in advance, I’d have bribed him, just like I do in church.” [Read more at Parenting.com]

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TherMomEter

There has to be some better way to gauge how sick a kid is and to figure out what to do. I’ve been thinking of inventing a new kind of thermometer, a TherMomEter, that tells you the things you really … Continue reading

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