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How to Write to Janet

Posted in IrishOboe

It’s easy to write! I would LOVE to get a note from you. 1. Click on the “Comments” link below....

 
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Hello!

Posted in IrishOboe

Dear friends, Hello! How are you? Soon I must go back to America . I love Japan and will miss it very much. In...

 
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Welcome to English Fun!

Posted in IrishOboe

This is a test post for administrative purposes. Janet, go ahead and delete it and replace it with one of your own. I had to make the...

 
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Noah: Pictures!

In case you want to see the newest of the World's Most Adorable Grandchildren before I get around to updating my own image collection,...

 
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Noah Hezekiah Daley Is Born!

June 28, 6:02 p.m. 10 lb. 3 oz., 22.5" long, 15" head, 15" chest. This is the quick post. The birth story is...

 
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Teaser

Many, many thanks to all who have been praying! Mother and baby are radiant and doing well. More details after Jon posts to their blog;...

 
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A Humorous Interlude

Jon showed me this Speed Bump comic (by Dave Coverly), and it's too good not to pass on.

 
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Still Waiting

The title says it all. We are now past everyone's guess but Heather's, but still only four days past D-Date, and Jonathan was five....

 
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Lunchtime Story

There's something delightful in hearing a two year old say, "I want some guacamole."

 
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Update 6-25-06

Porter is here. We have a van. All systems are go. Just waiting for the star of the show to make his/her grand entrance. Sometimes...

 
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Update 6-24-06

Tomorrow Janet will be with APA and I am so excited for all of them! No news on the baby front, except that Heather is really tired...

 
harp

Update June 19-23 (M-F) It’s short for once!

Posted in IrishOboe

Proving that I have nothing better to do, or that I have better things to do and I don’t want to do them, I sat down tonight to write...

 
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Mini-homestay with Hippo! June 18th

Posted in IrishOboe

One of the activities that the Hippo family club supports is homestays across the globe. In this spirit Alex and I were invited to...

 
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Now This is Scary

I've occasionally wondered what we might be doing to ourselves by prolonging daylight with the use of artificial lights. A study by the...

 
harp

Shirane School Festival Day 3: Exhibitions (Friday, 16...

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The last day of the school festival was just as entertaining as the first two. Once again, the ichinensei weren’t allowed full...

 
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Shirane School Festival Day 2: Sports (Thursday, 15 June...

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The second day of the school festival was just as much fun for me as the first day, but in a different way. The first day was great...

 
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Shirane School Festival Day 1: Stage Performances...

Posted in IrishOboe

I had been taking afternoons off quite often because of all the vacation I have left so I was hardly aware of all the preparations the...

 
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Yes! Frazz!

It's been a while since I've posted a Frazz comic here (I always worry about the line between fair use and copyright violation), but...

 
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Other Stories

We gave Jonathan a copy of the Three Billy Goats Gruff story, and if the words aren't exactly as I remember my father reading them to...

 
harp

General Update June 8-13

Posted in IrishOboe

It’s only been a week since I last wrote and I can’t remember what I did! Class were a bit less than fun when I had 40 kids,...

 
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A Novel Way to Encourage this Generation to Breastfeed

A recent New York Times article on the effort to promote breastfeeding includes this interesting line: Nursing may even produce a...

 
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Flag Day, June 14

In honor of my father, who knew to display an iris on this occasion.

 
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And So It Begins

I know hurricane season began June 1, but really, we're not supposed to have to think about this till August, at least! Yet here is...

 
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A Few Jonathan Stories

I'm too busy playing with Jonathan to write much about him, but here are a few delightful Jonathan-isms: I'll friz it to you and you...

 
harp

Picture Update!

Posted in IrishOboe

It’s been a quiet week, if you don’t count panic trying to plan my arrival home and future life. I led the last mixed Sunday...