Category Archives: work

C’est Ma Vie (et mon Blog)

Posted on 2014/01/08 by circuskitchen

“It’s My Life (and my Blog):” Oh pity my dear blog “followers.”  Darlings!  I’m afraid there’s no stopping me now.  Me and my (still new) MacBook.  Between that and finally a sometimes *tractable* life, I find myself suddenly free to … Continue reading →

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Daddy’s New Everything

Posted on 2014/01/07 by circuskitchen

So… pretty much on a daily basis I’m amazed, awed and bowled over that I even *have* a husband.  Let alone one that did *not* in fact die of cancer (as he well could have a couple years back), and … Continue reading →

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Holy New Year

Posted on 2014/01/01 by circuskitchen

January 1st 2014 Come here Blog, I need you.  Help me reconcile myself to the end of this holiday “break.”  It has been absolutely glorious.  Especially with the amount of children we have had sloshing all over in and around … Continue reading →

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“Misunderstood” Ad

Posted on 2013/12/27 by circuskitchen

Happy Post-Christmas Decompression everyone!  I am busily working to capture (and share) our recent wonderful madness.  In the meantime… Just my husband’s *describing* this commercial made me teary.  Then he *showed* it to me and I was practically bawling.  “I … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2013 – Cambridge

Posted on 2013/12/25 by circuskitchen

PART I:  After reconciling with my husband over his unexpected absence putting in way more work hours than I understood would happen, then taking all night until 6:15am making Christmas Magic… my efforts were rewarded at 7:45am when I opened my … Continue reading →

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Peter and the Wolf

Posted on 2013/12/25 by circuskitchen

Here is a 3 minute version of this stunning production, showcasing the instrumentation, And HERE is the full 30 minute version. Ahh it’s so awesome!  Hope you find can find time to enjoy… preferably with someone you dig.  (o: Wishing … Continue reading →

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Mommy You Otay

Posted on 2013/12/18 by circuskitchen

When I get ready for shows, here is the refrain: ClaraJane: “Mommy you go wok?” Me: “Yes honey, I’m getting ready for work.” Usually, it’s “No! Mommy NO GO WOK!” But of course with kids you never know. And this … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving 2013

Posted on 2013/11/28 by circuskitchen

Our first in our OWN home! [2 mins, 55 seconds] My favorite moment of that day happened while I was finishing getting dressed.  The children had built the Hot Wheel tracks down the hallway outside my bedroom door.  I heard … Continue reading →

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Goldiblox GIRLS

Posted on 2013/11/27 by circuskitchen

Call me a sap, call me a girl, call me a girl-juggler in a boy-juggling world, call me a lifelong tomboy, call me a MOTHER of a GIRL… but this literally made me weep.  (As in, tears of Oh-My-F*ing-God-This-Is-So-Frigging-Awesome!!!) (Maybe … Continue reading →

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Hooray for the MacBook

Posted on 2013/11/25 by circuskitchen

With encouragement from my husband AND my mother, I bit the bullet this past weekend and MADE THE SWITCH.  After years of hobbling and cobbling together photo, video and sound editing with borrowed and downloaded software on my PC… it … Continue reading →

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