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Reading for Pleasure
On October 11, 2007 | 1 Comments

On the evenings when we are less busy than we are other on evenings, I read aloud to my children. Currently we are reading a delightful book: Peter Pan in Scarlet. It is a new book (2006), and William received it for a gift and then read it last year, often laughing out loud as […]

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And I Was Afraid He’d Never Like It
On September 20, 2007 | 1 Comments

You know, the thing about parenting is that there’s no handbook. No manual. No real instruction At All. So people try to create these things. You’ve seen them: You and Your Daughter, The Strong-Willed Child, Raising Boys, Six Points for Raising Happy, Healthy Children. All worthwhile, I’m sure, in their way. All worth reading. And […]

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Bookish
On February 28, 2007 | 1 Comments

I left campus at 12:50 and drove to that other campus, Duke, only ten or so minutes away. There is Absolutely No Parking for people like me on a weekday, so I parked in the Gardens lot and then walked through the Gardens to get to the Allen Building, which houses so much that is […]

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