Tag Archives: Blogging

Where did I put My Cup of Sugar?

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Shoes

My typical is the silly and uplifting snippets from life: quirky things my kids say, the cute antics of our fuzzy orange cat James, hikes and meals enjoyed by family and friends. It is the lemonade from the lemons of … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Red, White, & Blue – Happy 4th of July!

Posted on July 4, 2021 by Shoes

Because I am writing this a day early, I thought it would be fun to go through my camera roll and pick out some photos with the only criteria being that they contain red, white, and blue. Tuesday we are … Continue reading →

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Fur Friday – Hiding in Plain Sight

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Shoes

Happy (First) Fur Friday! I’m going to start a weekly Fur Friday theme to my blog. I do not have a solid idea what this will entail other than it will have something to do with our menagerie of animals. … Continue reading →

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A Long Time Gone

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Shoes

So… There is something I neglected to write about, something that has significantly affected my life and has been the cause, or partial cause, of my lack of blogging. It happened back in April. It was a one line email … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Zombies and Robo-Sharks

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Shoes

It was the quarantine.  Or maybe the robo-sharks. It could even have been the intensive laser testing.  Whatever it was, it has kept me from gaining access to my computer for the past two months, from blogging. It was most … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – The Switch Witch Strikes Again

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Shoes

I am once again late in posting for you my latest newspaper article that ran in The News Tribune on October 28th.  It is a mixture of Halloween memories of my own childhood and that of my children.  Part of … Continue reading →

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Old News

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Shoes

Oops.  I realized earlier this week as I was trying to figure out when to fit in writing my next newspaper article, one that has a deadline of this Friday, that I never posted for you all the link to … Continue reading →

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Weekly Reflections (or Killing Two Birds with One Stone)

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Shoes

It is a running joke in my Master’s with Certificate cohort that we reflect upon our reflections and then we reflect some more.  A lot of our coursework requires us to reflect; we reflect on lesson plans, curriculum, behavior management, … Continue reading →

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I Still Can’t Believe They Print This Stuff!

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Shoes

Here is the link to my latest newspaper article that ran in the paper on Monday. This is my fifth article since I was offered a chance to be one of five reader columnists for The News Tribune for this … Continue reading →

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