Every day is complicated, messy, and full of friction. And every day has glorious or cozy moments worth celebrating. I seldom bother to chronicle the friction and the mess because writing time is fleeting and precious—and childhood even more so. I’d rather capture the small joys that I might forget—or take for granted—if I don’t take time to set them down in words.
(Excerpt from
this post about Real Life, quoted here because I don't want anyone to be under the impression that things are always perfect around here! Heaven knows we are anything but. Perfect, frictionless, orderly? Nope. Happy? Most of the time!)
- Kathy: Darling babes & halo hair. Worth the waddle!
- regan: my 14yo used to lock himself in the bathroom and paint indian “war paint” all over his face using...
- Activities Coordinator: My sister had that hair. My husband had that hair. Why, oh why didn’t my children get...
- Kathryn: Oh my! Rilla is a miniature Beanie!
- angela: A couple years ago, I spotted someone signing at a Living Stones retreat (back when K and I were newbies in...
Be like the bird
Who, pausing in flight
On limb too slight,
Feels it give way beneath her,
Yet sings,
Knowing she has wings.
—Victor Hugo
Six Things to Include in Your Child's Day:
meaningful work
imaginative play
good books
beauty (art, music, nature)
ideas to ponder and discuss
prayer
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Now that’s just gonna bug me all day! I can’t think of a way that “and” is a verb… So I get… [The word] “and” (functioning as a noun) and [another word] “and” (another noun)… but then I need a verb, don’t I?
I’m totally “buffaloed”! LOL!
Posted on June 11th, 2008 at 7:35 amROFL. A hint: unlike the buffalo sentence, this one has other words in addition to and. It’s a long sentence in which “and” can be used correctly five times in a row.
Another hint: I heard it as part of a story about an English pub sign. There are other ways to make it work, though.
You’re on the right track, though, Karla.
It’s used as a noun and a conjunction only. Not a verb.
Posted on June 11th, 2008 at 7:38 amMr And and Mrs And went to And Village and visited their And relatives.
Posted on June 11th, 2008 at 12:30 pmSorry, I suppose actually you have to have no breaks between the Ands? In which case you just need several people named And, as in “There once was a family who named both their children And - And and And, and you may imagine the confusion which resulted from this.”
Not an interesting or inventive sentence, but it does the job.
Posted on June 11th, 2008 at 12:34 pmI have twelve.
The sentence Patience wrote has “and” and “and” and “and” and “and” and “and” and “and” and “and” and the overall effect is very repetitive.
And try typing that on an iPod touch!
Posted on June 11th, 2008 at 2:26 pmOh bother! Two too many ands …it should be an ‘ “and” and’ less. Screen too small and I lost count.
Posted on June 11th, 2008 at 2:35 pmLOL Kathryn!!! Well done!
The answer I’ve heard to this riddle is this: The owner of a quaint English pub, the Bull and Thistle, commissioned a painter to make him a sign. After some discussion, he decided he did not want hyphens between BULL and AND and AND and THISTLE.
Posted on June 11th, 2008 at 7:37 pmNo grammarian here, but I want you to know that I actually have met the Buffalo buffalo to whom your link refers. And I have a membership to their zoo home!!!
Posted on June 12th, 2008 at 5:01 pm