She was sick. At two o’clock Sunday morning Abby ran into my room, whimpering, her hand over her mouth. Sleepy as I was, my first thought was that she’d had a nightmare. That changed when the vomiting began. I half-ran her, half-carried her to the bathroom, and together we leaned over the toilet. Once her [...]

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“MOM! There’s a girl on the bus whose wrist can go around 360 degrees!!!!!!!” LC was shouting as he climbed in the truck at the bus stop. “It was so awesome! It could go WA, then WA, then WA, then WAHHHH!!” [picture him rotating his arm enough to contort his whole body.] Hannah: “It was [...]

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UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: Robin’s back in business! Go visit her to see all the other great poetry! UPDATED FRIDAY EVENING: Poor Robin’s site has been down all day due to a dead computer. So I’ve changed a couple permalinks in this post. And I guess we’ll just have to be patient until she gets [...]

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Hey! People in this House Who I Keep Around Primarily to Provide Me with Material, What should I blog about? Hannah: How I was running down the driveway today and slipped in the mud and fell on my side! Abby: A butt. LC: This guy I made with Bionicles. Charlie: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……. Callie: (pant, pant) Bob: [...]

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Well, I made it. The Red Clay Diaries now have a home. And I am completely overwhelmed. Now don’t get me wrong; Nicole did a fantastic job on the design and installation. But now she’s handed me the reins. And I have a LOT to figure out. So bear with me. And thank you so [...]

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Hey, my blog may be down a little during the afternoon on Tuesday, December 9. But it’s for a good reason — I’m moving! This URL  and all permalinks will still actually point to my blog, but the main web address will become http://redclaydiaries.com (a self-hosted wordpress blog). I’ll write a post asking you to [...]

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I’ve spent the weekend reading the wonderful comments left by many of you on my Friday post. What great affirmation and encouragement you gave. Thank you! As new to blogging as I still am, I find myself in awe of this cyber-community. Online friendship may have limitations, but I’m finding it to be more rich [...]

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Hey Bloggy Friends! Long time no see. This week has been a crazy-busy. Plus I’ve been fighting off a downward spiral of self-doubt. You know those days when you feel inadequate at everything you do? Throughout the week, I’ve come up with a laundry list of areas where I’m clearly sub-par: I’ve felt like an [...]

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Wordless Wednesday Please? *** Our dirt road in the snow five years ago. The closest we’ve come since then is an ice storm. Not exactly the same.

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So I’ve spent the morning trying to figure out what to write about. The kids behaved this morning. I volunteered at school without setting off any alarms. Grocery shopping was uneventful. I got nothin. So what does any good blogger do under those circumstances? She steals from someone else! Kidding. Seriously, that’s plagiarism. But what [...]

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