Category Archives: forgiveness

Adventures in Food: Chinese Take Out

Posted on 2021/03/07 by circuskitchen

Sunday, March 7th 2021 . AT RISE: Dad is laid out on the floor of the living room with a pulled back. Kids are doing stuff and mom comes out of the kitchen. MOM: Well kids, daddy’s back is out, … Continue reading →

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Look at that Cat: Connect Four

Posted on 2021/03/03 by circuskitchen

Thursday, March 3rd 2021 TFW your daughter asks you to play teeny tiny, itty bitty Connect Four, and you tell her yes later, but she stays right there and plays Connect Four with the cat. . . The stakes remain… … Continue reading →

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A New England January Sky

Posted on 2021/01/31 by circuskitchen

Sunday, January 31st 2021 . For Manmeat: With love, ~NATCPW . 2021-01-31 A New England January Sky [0:56]: . *

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Pet Chronicles: Fat Cat

Posted on 2021/01/25 by circuskitchen

Monday, January 25th 2021 . I am a pet owner who just paid $130 to be told my cat is not, in fact, sick. . He’s just FAT. . I know how this happened. On Thanksgiving this past year is … Continue reading →

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Melania Has a Song In Her Heart

Posted on 2021/01/19 by circuskitchen

Tuesday, January 19th 2021 – Inauguration Evening . With A Song In Her Heart, Melania Trump Returns To New York [9:51]: . *

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Meal Abandoned: A Poem

Posted on 2021/01/16 by circuskitchen

Saturday, January 16th 2020 . Meal Abandoned Meal. Abandoned. Alas. And alack! I ate chew. N I ain’t comin’ back. ~Anonymous? . *

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Best Christmas Movie of My Life

Posted on 2020/12/13 by circuskitchen

Sunday, December 13th 2020 I’m sorry but right now this is the Best. Christmas. Movie. Of my life. Every Parent at Christmas (by The Holderness Family) [4:06]: *

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MNOOKM Party

Posted on 2020/11/28 by circuskitchen

Saturday, November 28th 2020 MNOOKM: McSweeney, Neely, Oberhauser, Oberhauser, Kolonoski, McSweeney. It wasn’t a party per se, it just feels like one every time we get these cousins together. . 2020-11-28 MNOOKM Party [0:44]: . And it’s a comfort to … Continue reading →

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Homeschool Headmistress: No Please, Come On In

Posted on 2020/10/20 by circuskitchen

Tuesday, October 20th 2020 It is afternoon, after “school” in the homestead. Daddy is home from work taking his afternoon rest. Mom is spent from her various efforts today, sitting up on the other side of the bed, operating her … Continue reading →

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Homeschool Headmistress: Today’s Study Break

Posted on 2020/10/20 by circuskitchen

Tuesday, October 20th 2020 When your headphones stop working, and no one on the Zoom class can hear you, and you can’t make your VoiceCast work for your Slide Deck persuasive book summary, and your Chromebook is non-responsive and even … Continue reading →

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