Category Archives: domestic life

Gavin Go To Bed

Posted on 2017/02/02 by circuskitchen

February 2nd 2017 aka: Mommy & Gavin working on a bit of comic timing. 2017-02-02 GAVIN TO GO BED [14 seconds]: ♥♥

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Magic Ballet Backgammon Day

Posted on 2017/01/10 by circuskitchen

Tuesday, January 10th 2017 Some days it’s even more amazing to live in the People’s Republic of Cambridge than others.  And on this day when congress is vetting the first of the Orangutan-elect’s revolting cabinet picks (e.g.; a notorious racist … Continue reading →

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Instructional Video by ClaraJane: How to Plant a Money Tree

Posted on 2017/01/09 by circuskitchen

January 6th 2017 ClaraJane’s Instructional Video series continues. 2017-01-06 HOW TO PLANT A DOLLAR TREE BY CLARAJANE [1:39]:  Now you know. Stay tuned for the right and wrong way to curtsy!  (o: #Sacajawea  

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CircusKitchen: TIME+MONEY

Posted on 2017/01/09 by circuskitchen

January 2017 Another index-in-progress tool for my own use in an effort to anticipate demands on the two most omni-present and pervasive parameters on our lives:  TIME + MONEY. •TIME:                       … Continue reading →

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CircusKitchen 2017++ Aspirations

Posted on 2017/01/05 by circuskitchen

January 2017 An index of aspirations inspired by 2017 (posted for reference here so I can find them). 1)  Screen & review documentary/historical movie ~monthly. e.g.: IN THEATRES:  Hidden Figures, Allegience, Screenagers*  *(just got tix!!!)  OLIVER STONE: Untold History of the U.S. KEN … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year from the O’s

Posted on 2017/01/01 by circuskitchen

January 1st 2017   After a wonderful 3-show gig and amazing NYE sushi feast with backgammon courtesy of  Dear Hubsand.   New Year’s Day we wandered around Boston Common.  Here are the kids fighting over who gets to pose in … Continue reading →

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Tell Me About…

Posted on 2017/01/01 by circuskitchen

January 1st 2017 This morning I explained to my son that although there’s nothing wrong with him playing a lot of Minecraft, video games are designed to provide a hit of dopamine in your brain at regular intervals, which easily … Continue reading →

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Mohawk Cabining – December 2016

Posted on 2016/12/30 by circuskitchen

December 28th-30th 2016   Oh yes we did!  Thought we were “camping.”  Turns out we were “glamping.”  In a cabin.  In Heaven. (aka: Mohawk Trail State Forest!) 2016-12-30 Mohawk Cabining [4:30]:             

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Daredevil in her OWN ROOM

Posted on 2016/12/02 by circuskitchen

December 2nd *2016* Featuring:  My Twins, including ClaraJane @ 5.5 years old. 2016-12-02 DAREDEVIL in her OWN ROOM [0:42]:  ♥♥

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Protecting Your Child from Sexual Abuse

Posted on 2016/12/01 by circuskitchen

December 2016             There is no good time to consider such an unconscionable danger.   Yet to do so is to defend against it.  Here are four simple but crucial reads for any parent, condensed here into … Continue reading →

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