He has been making paper cranes for several weeks now – part of a current, perpetual, unending origami obsession he now holds. One day we checked out 43 origami books from the library — but he prefers to learn how to fold directly from You Tube videos. There is a guy — a teacher — [...]
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Pinterest allows you to create a virtual bulletin board around any topic you heart desires. You can view other’s boards for inspiration, and collect those pins onto your own boards. Pinterest can help you solve life’s pressing problems. You can also pin any image or video you find on the Internet to post to your [...]
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If you have a GMail account, I hope you’re taking advantage of google documents — a virtual word processing package that lets you create documents, presentations and spreadsheets that you can share over the Internet. Now, you can even upload your videos to google documents… which makes them much easier to send via email. Once the [...]
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Every once in awhile, bloggers like to take an inventory of their readers. I have a good idea of who you are and where you live, and how often you stop by — but honestly, I haven’t had time to look lately. And, I’m sorry things have been slow lately, and you haven’t had much [...]
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The best part about writing the article for Columbus Monthly was Ray Paprocki. As the magazine’s editor, he has a way of gently coaxing words out, so they tumble onto the page like melted butter. This can be a double-edged sword; suddenly you realize there are now 500 ways to say that one thing you’re [...]
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No way to make it, on time, to school everyday. See, we have BIG plans. As caped crusaders, we’ve got our costumes to wear, plus, there’s crime to fight. We’re up at seven, ready, serious, for play Still, not enough time. Tears at 11, time for lunch, and real clothes too, still, play makes us [...]
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These really make me laugh, although I know I should probably take these more seriously. I wish phone numbers or email addresses were attached to visitors IP addresses. Then, I could kindly direct them to more appropriate places for help. Like this poor soul who wants to know if ice cold soda (nice try) can [...]
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I grew up in a sleepy little town, and when my Mom wasn’t sewing, or crocheting, she was reading. Mesmerized, she was, as my Dad watched TV, and she had her head buried in a book. Completely oblivious to the scenes on the television, and my Dad’s laughter at the punch lines. When I was [...]
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The first thing I like to do on Friday after Thanksgiving is to clear the decks of the orange and browns of Thanksgiving and usher in the beautiful bright colors of Christmas as soon as possible. I have a ritual for this — I make cookie dough. I didn’t say I make cookies — I [...]
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