Category Archives: health

A Speck of Harmony

Posted on 2012/10/08 by circuskitchen

Life with kids is a meteor shower of experiences.  A 24-hour All-You-Can-Eat-7-Layer -Chocolate-Ice-Cream-Cake Buffet.  Trying to document it (as I am always compelled to do) is… well, ridiculous.  But every once in a while you can preserve a cherry on … Continue reading →

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Nothing Enlightened About Shrinking

Posted on 2012/10/05 by circuskitchen

“We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other … Continue reading →

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How do you say… YES!

Posted on 2012/10/05 by circuskitchen

Wouldn’t you know the very day I did that last post (one week ago), I actually couldn’t find my phone for most of the day, even as I waited for The Call.  Then stupidly I found it in a logical … Continue reading →

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First SchoolBus Ride!

Posted on 2012/09/10 by circuskitchen

Ubiquitously, I continue to have a surfeit of Priceless Material and a dearth of Time.  So much of what I actually capture in this blog is Luck of the Draw.  (Nearly countless milestones in just the past two weeks!)  Yet … Continue reading →

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What Parenthood Sometimes Looks Like

Posted on 2012/08/26 by circuskitchen

So, it’s pretty much a given that your kids have more energy than you. It’s amazing that  parents even survive. Such a humbling experience. You learn to embrace the mediocre, accept total failure, and celebrate Victory in “Good Enough.”  Especially … Continue reading →

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Moving Life in Purgatory

Posted on 2012/08/25 by circuskitchen

So, we are MOVING. Just across town. ‘Course, that still means just as much packing & prepping, shedding & compressing one’s material life as any other move.  Coincidentally, MOM is ALSO moving.  Back to Cambridge happily.  Yet that means also … Continue reading →

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Ready to Roll

Posted on 2012/08/10 by circuskitchen

Friday, August 10th 2012   Friday morning my DH (Dear Husband) -with the help of our two kids- put this GIANT rack on the front of my bike, so I could take both the KIDS and their STUFF and MY … Continue reading →

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A Smell That Bugs Won’t Understand

Posted on 2012/08/04 by circuskitchen

What do water, milk, lemon juice, anchovy paste and wasabi have in common? They are all the ingredients to Gavin’s latest invention: ANTI-BUG SMELL! This blog post could also be titled, “You Know Your House is A Total F*ing Mess … Continue reading →

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Vermont Memoratopia

Posted on 2012/07/29 by circuskitchen

Over the weekend, we (“O’s) drove up to visit my mom in Vermont for the weekend, to help and purge decades worth of old photographs.  As I helped my mom’s whole life flash before her eyes, what had for years seemed … Continue reading →

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GLO Drawing du Jour

Posted on 2012/07/27 by circuskitchen
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