Recently, the small people came home talking about a special pen they’d discovered, one that uses ink that’s only discernable by using a special light at the top of the pen. Then yesterday, I watched some of my students experiment with a similar pen, and we noted that while most people wouldn’t see the ink […]
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Beach Battles
Last Saturday, I made the grievous error of taking the small people to the beach just as the clouds rolled in. Yes, it is a cruel fate that they got the mom who takes them to the beach on a day where temperatures felt cooler (i.e., high seventies) and clouds and wind promptly appeared as […]
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Full-on Summer: Part Two
My younger son is a great one for creativity. He can conjure up the craziest ideas out of seemingly nothing. Summer then, with all of its glorious release from structured activities, provides any number of outlets for him. Allow me to share a few recent examples. This is the Call Me Flag Boy Game. In […]
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Just A Boy At The Beach
Sometimes, when you live at the beach, it’s possible to take it for granted. Not so much if you are an adult who, for example, grew up in the Midwest far, far from any ocean. But if you are a boy who, oh say, has lived on a small island in the Atlantic since you […]
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The Nameless Beach Game
We’ve been a bit busy of late, which I’ll likely get into later on this blog. But I wanted to share a quick glimpse of how we spent our Sunday afternoon, back at the old house. After a couple of days of shells, sandcastles and beach football, the small people opted to try a new […]