I have been projecting. That is to say, I have been busy working on a project. The past few months I have been building Montessori albums (like teachers’ guides) and a master chart (like a detailed table of contents) for C&D’s 3-6 curriculum. Each item on the chart is planned to address the areas to [...]

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I haven’t heard it in a while, but when I was younger sometimes at Christmastime the radio stations played a song called “All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth.”  You can guess what it’s about if you haven’t heard it. We found it funny, but I found it a little less amusing [...]

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(Big Thicket Day, 11 oct 2008; picture taken by our queen bee, Maxine Johnston.)

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This blog has evolved from serving as a baby scrapbook and newsletter to the new grandmas (the Pitter Patter Periodical) into a new site (GoJoyceGo) that functions as both a personal journal and a family record that I’ve allowed all of you access.  I hope that some of you benefit from the information on brain [...]

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Still no power at the house; water quality is questionable; gas is not easily available.  People are cranky and hungry and tired.Waiting it out at my parents’ house, where they have electricity, water, and people to talk with C&D while I stare at the wall (or this monitor).  Made a quick decision to leave, and [...]

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The landlines are up, and we’ve just run two extension cords to our house from the construction site across the street to power the fridge and the laptop.  Most people in my immediate neighborhood seem to have power, but we and our neighbors on this side of the street don’t.  More later.

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Our friend Ike is coming to visit.  It’s been a beautiful morning, with an unseasonably cool breeze from the north.  Traffic is light, and the sounds of the city are subdued, like a late Sunday morning.  Someone down the street is hammering plywood over their windows.  The center of the hurricane is poised to pass [...]

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