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Little Green Men
When I moved to DC, my daughter was two and a half. I only had the one child and was still busy not wanting her to get run over and therefore mid the laborious process of instilling road sense into … Continue reading
Posted in Quill & Ink: Scrolls
Tagged Grand National, Leprechaun, Pedestrian signals, Saint Patricks Day
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Consequences of school fundraising – a fishy tale
Update on our elementary school fundraiser, the Winter Social: I regret to report that not only have all the trout died in their new trout tank but that Ms Pickle who heads Community of Caring is having her job axed … Continue reading
What do the Wonderbra and the US Capitol have in common?
They are both just a little too pert. After six years here, the fact that I had failed to be moved by the US Capitol, niggled at me. My logic countered: “It stands there resplendent in white, the backdrop of … Continue reading
Excuse me, or not.
I was in my beloved Trader Joe’s. Trader Joe’s offers one of the happiest shopping experiences to be found in the USA. Music, such as Soul Kitchen offers a pleasing background vibe. A brass Captain’s bell is struck for customer service, … Continue reading
Wire communication: “Winter Social Come and Gone – Stop”
This blob has been on sabbatical. And so it is that Christmas and the New Year have come and gone and it is now all but February. The winter holidays hit the beginning of school like an ocean freighter that … Continue reading
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Tagged School fundraisers, Stop signs, Traffic signs, Washington DC
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Response to Anna Quindlen – Family Snapshots
A while ago a friend sent me an article by the renowned American journalist, Anna Quindlen. It was a retrospective on motherhood by one who has survived its most arduous years. She acknowledges the ‘unreliable haze of the past’, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Quindlen, Carpe Diem, Eating with children, Family and Relationships, Parenting
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Flash Mob takes on Food Court
Someone forwarded me this video recently. I am generally hesitant about diving into forwarded messages or videos, my feeling being that for something to be worth forwarding it needs to be really good and I am a little skeptical. Then … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Consumerism, Flashmob, Food court, Handel, shopping and retail
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What happens when Capitalism comes full circle?
What happens when Capitalism comes full circle? As far as I can work out you end up in Rockville in an eerily Communist landscape. Rockville, for the uninitiated, is a massive six lane highway, or it might even be eight … Continue reading
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Tagged British Legal Alien, Capitalism, Communism, Consumerism, Rockville, shopping and retail
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Recycling Gilt
Recycling does not have to be for aficionados of tofu burgers or the goat’s-hair-sock-in sandal-brigade. I call for glamorous recycling with a Midas touch. After some horrific sisterly squalls in which it transpired Puffy had found a dose of suppositories … Continue reading
Armed to the hilt and fully covered
When moving to another country there is much that is unfamiliar and so navigating each day simply requires additional energy. After some time the perennial suspicion of being taken for a ride or short changed gently starts to subside. Realistically, nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged America! America!, British Legal Alien, Hoodie-Footie, Pajama Gram
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