Journals of Journeys

40/365: Scream by h pants explosion (on creative hiatus-see profile), on Flickr School started for the Pie Dudes last week Wednesday, two days after we returned from a week long vacation in Ashland, OR and attended several plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.  More later.  In fact, that seems to be a bit of […]

Going along with the theme Anne started, and for the same reasons, here is the itinerary for our summer camp this year: “Typical Camper Maggie” by Crocidillicus on Flickr.

  My second favorite redhead, Catherine, blogged about this and immediately tears were streaming down my face.  I only watched this one video, it’s part 2 of a series, but for anyone who has kids (present, past, future) or you are a kid, this is a must see.  Be part of the change! […]

1.  I’ll be with 3 kids, all boys, on the precipice of adolescence (I’ve already heard them comparing notes or possibly bragging about vocal pitch changes and body hairs, so this can’t be good), for an entire day; 2.  We will be spending approximately 5.5 hours in the car. I have a […]

I was doing a bit of digging. Rumor has it the editor of the local rag is leaving. I’m vexed with that news, but that’s a different story. As usual, I wound up reading something else that struck a chord with me.

The Pie Dudes are in a pickle. Pickle pie? Sounds gross to me.

The school the kids now attend apparently has a very high poverty rate. It’s rumored 80% of the student population qualifies for free lunches with low income averages. Being this is the Pie Dudes “landmark year” (6th […]

Our sorry state of financial affairs has led to a demise that is destroying our children, but it seems to be quite profitable in other realms no thanks to the antiquated laws and regulations.

Aw, hell no.

And what makes it worse, is the boys aren’t out of school until Thursday afternoon. What’s up with that? That makes about as much sense as giving them a week off for “President’s Day” in February followed by another week off in March for spring break and then it’s spring into […]

I’m in a “funk.”

A new friend of mine noticed it in class today and I wasn’t really sure how to respond because at the time, I couldn’t pinpoint it.

It’s frustrating, this melancholy murk I’ve fallen into. It reminds me of a storybook my mom had read to me as a child and the many hours […]

Yep, I’m still working on the novel for NaNoWriMo, but have had to temporarily set it aside (hoping a few kinks will work themselves out in the process) so I can get some of my studies done as we’re going into the final weeks of college.  Keep those fingers crossed!