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Easter on Dueling Packet Ships…
Engaging in a cannon battle with another tall ship is not necessarily a traditional way to spend the Easter Holiday, but fun nonetheless! My mother spotted this activity in the paper and signed us all...
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Stop…I mean Start…the Presses!
In Portland, we have a wonderful store, if you adore paper arts and letterpress. It’s called Oblation Paper and Press. I was lucky enough to take a letterpress class there a while ago, working with...
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Three Bunnies and a Bald Eagle
Tom and I had a lovely taste of two things yesterday: spring, and unexpectedly being child-free for much of the afternoon and evening! We took advantage of this windfall and hoofed our old asses out...
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Making Your Own Longboard — It Doesn’t Get Any Cooler Than That!
Zoe likes to build things. Hence our excitement that her public middle school has managed to retain something resembling a shop class. (A minor miracle in these days of endless budget cuts. Next thing...
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My View During Geometry…
This is the beach of my late childhood. The beach I could see from my high school geometry class, the one that would mesmerize me into a catatonic state, causing me to lose my train of thought… “Was...
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Bruise Wheels, Black Eyes & Totally Disgusting Weeping Open Wounds!
We were excited this year when Maker Faire came to Portland, albeit in mini form! The kids enjoyed watching the watermelon launched by the giant catapult with the fancy french name…trebuchet! They...
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Zoe Pong!
Zoe went to #OSCON (Open Source Convention) in Portland this July, attending a robotics camp for girls. Since most of the stuff they worked on with Lego Mindstorms she had already done at home, she...
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I Have to Get Up at What Time…and on my Birthday?
As my birthday is nigh, I have decided to reflect on my celebration last year. For those of you who know me well, you would all agree it’s not an exaggeration to say that I am really really really not...
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I Know that Floating Shouldn’t Be Competitive, But…
“Wow, you made it the whole 90 minutes…Generally, a first time floater only makes it an hour.” I couldn’t help but feel inordinately pleased when I heard these words, all the while resisting the urge...
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Two Parts Nauseating Holiday Craft, Plus One Part Craft Disaster…The Beginning
The theme for last Christmas was hand crafting with love. Some things worked out fantastically, and others…well…lets just say they were made with lots of love but not so much craft! Let’s go back to...
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