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- Feed Preview sarah – Notes In The Margin
Origami
Sarah and I did some origami. That was lots of fun. But what I find even more fascinating is the bizarre random assortment of stuff in the background of these photos. These photos feel like my mi...
Night falls on Narnia
Last night, Sarah and I finished reading the last chapter of The Last Battle. We’ve been reading the Narnia books for more than a year now, a few chapters a night, a few days a week, with other...
Reading to third graders
Yesterday I got to go to Sarah’s class and tell them about Kenya. I took various artifacts, including my rungu and spear, and talked a little about growing up in Kenya, and in what ways things ...
King’s Island
Sarah and I, along with Annie, Bob, and Abby, went to King’s Island yesterday. It was hot, and a beautiful day, but the park wasn’t too terribly crowded. We spent most of the afternoon (at le...
Last day of school
Today is Sarah’s last day as a 2nd grader. She is happy and sad about this. Happy that vacation is coming, sad that she won’t be at school any more, and that she won’t be in Ms. Cunningham�...
Field Day
Today was Field Day, and I spent almost the entire day at school with Sarah, which was wonderful. I worked at the Texas Moon Walk, which was an inflatable bounce thing. We’d let 5 or 6 or 7 kid...
$15 digital camera
Today we went to Wal-mart to get film for Sarah’s trip to the zoo tomorrow, and instead found a digital camera for $15. Now, it’s not a great digital camera. In fact, it’s pretty icky. But ...
Heartstopper, by Ted Arnold
Heartstopper, by Ted Arnold
Smart
Smart, by Shel Silverstein.
Biscuit is 10
Yesterday, Alyssa Satin Capucilli, author of the Biscuit books, visited Sarah’s school and signed books. At least, she was supposed to sign books. But, somehow, in the excitement, Sarah’s boo...