August 2008
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1990
This was also written on the back of a cardboard advent calendar, but it’s written in John’s I-just-learned-cursive loopy script along with I-just-learned-this-word spelling and grammar. I think it’s cute just because it’s John pre-internet, and I know that he and it go way back.
Isn’t it funny knowing that someday I’ll be quoting myself or my family from blog...
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Christmas 1987
Before 4 kids became too much work, Mama and Papa used to record their Christmas (and other big events from the year) on the back of those cardboard advent calendars with the punch-out windows. Here is an excerpt from one entitled “Christmas 1987” written in Mama’s loopy script:
“John Lawrence is 5 and Betsy is 2. Pat is 36 and 8 months pregnant with a baby girl that we...
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"Family Description"
Sent to potential nannies:
“John, 10 years old…is in the 5th grade, plays soccer, Little League baseball, piano and giolin, has braces on his teeth. He is a Cub Scout. Likes to swim, ski, ride his bike and draw Army and Air Force battle pictures.
Betsy, 7 years old…is in the 2nd grade, plays soccer, Little League baseball, and piano. Likes to swim, ski, ride her bike and...
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Ratcliffe-Lee Filing System
If you’ve been to our house, you’ve seen ‘em before. Stacks of white storage boxes, in nearly every room. We had tried closets, bins, actual filing cabinets, and shelves, but nothing seems to work as well as those boxes. Sort of. You pop one open, put stuff in it, write a vague label on the outside, and stack. And you’re never afraid to keep on stacking, because odds...
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Another Song From Alex
Forck and lee’s song of triumph
i eat a peep and take a leep, over the
fence we go. Daniel Johnston went to
boston and forgot his heart. Cobra
here’s a chant and say: hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey hey!
grass is green and the light is mean
realize to buy a card and swim
swim swim