Category Archives: education

Photobomb

Posted on January 9, 2013 by The Daring One

TweetIt felt like a betrayal of pencils and chalk and teachers’ mugs full of bad coffee. This year, for the first time ever, I did not order school pictures for my kids. I have a camera larger than a VW … Continue reading →

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Blueberries for Wanda

Posted on September 6, 2011 by The Daring One

Tweet The school year started and my two oldest are both gone all day. I wasn’t happy to see them go. I felt sort of mad, like the school was kidnapping them or something. And then suddenly we had the … Continue reading →

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Learning Can Be Fun

Posted on May 12, 2011 by The Daring One

Tweet“My five-year-old is struggling with writing. Well, he’s not so much struggling as he just hates it and thinks it’s a waste of time because it is in no way related to video games.” Read more about how I’ve convinced … Continue reading →

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Mom Congress

Posted on April 13, 2011 by The Daring One

Tweet I’ve spent the last 4 days in D.C. at the Mom Congress conference and I’m inspired and exhausted. Click here to read how I stayed close to Dan and the kids while hanging out on the opposite coast. Here … Continue reading →

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Do I Look Busier to You?

Posted on January 31, 2011 by The Daring One

TweetSo I said I was lost in fiction, working on a novel I plan to finish by this summer. This is true. Then I started blogging more here because I have so many words inside me that I need to … Continue reading →

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