The Author’s Journals

  • Squirrel Mail…You Know, Like Snail Mail… But Much Faster

    Squirrel Mail…You Know, Like Snail Mail… But Much Faster

    Today started out kind of rough. When I woke up this morning, I knew instantly that the price of going to the reunion had come due. My head was just killing me. Basically it felt like my head was trying to explode. I took some stuff, sat in my chair, and put an ice pack…

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  • Podcast Episode: Journals Of Family Life

    Podcast Episode: Journals Of Family Life

    Pip: Mel Seeley keeps a journal the way most of us keep good intentions — enthusiastically, intermittently, and with a barn that may or may not have been destroyed by a dinosaur. Mara: That's actually a fair summary. Today we're moving through home mishaps and the stories families build around them, a rare moment of…

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  • The Story Of How Our Barn Fell Down:The Author’s Journals

    The Story Of How Our Barn Fell Down:The Author’s Journals

    We’ve had quite a new hot topic around here with the Little People the last couple of days. Apparently they are fascinated by the barn, or rather what’s left of it at our new house. The mystery of what happened to it has fueled their imaginations to overflowing. Aided in part by Frank. Sometimes I…

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  • Are We On…Vacation?!

    Are We On…Vacation?!

    We are… wait for it… on vacation. Dun. Dun. Dun. Amazing. Unbelievable. And for one moment, I am all alone, enjoying my solitude. It’s my one minute of peace. One that is sure to be short lived once Frank gets done exploring the little apartment that we are staying in for this trip.

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  • The Unfinished Entries

    The Unfinished Entries

    I wonder, over the years, how many of my journal entires actually look relatively complete? I’ve noticed that there have been several entries that have dropped off in the middle of a sentence over the years. It makes me wish that I could go back in time and see what caused so many disruptions….

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