Monthly Archives: March 2007

Is it Spring yet?

Posted on March 11, 2007 by Monkling

I was fooled last week into thinking Spring was here when I saw a robin. Then the temperature dropped, it snowed & I decided the poor bird must have gotten lost. Today it’s sunny, warm and I think maybe we … Continue reading →

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Empty Nest Weekend

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Monkling

This is the first weekend that Theresa hasn’t come home since starting dorm life (Jan. of this year). She’s away this weekend on a retreat at Shelter Island. There’s supposed to be about 70 students from a few different colleges … Continue reading →

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Being loved vs being needed

Posted on March 9, 2007 by Monkling

I had started reading some of the books hanging around the house; books the kids had to read for high school that I had never read. One of them was A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. The main character knows that … Continue reading →

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Alarms

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Monkling

How long does an alarm have to go off before the people rise up out of their beds, grab their shotguns & go outside shooting at anything that moves? So far that damn school alarm has been going off for … Continue reading →

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I Give In

Posted on March 7, 2007 by Monkling

Sure I know enough php to make my own simple blog but if we’re going to get into stuff like editing already existing entries or adding an rss feed, that is way beyond my skills. So I have thrown in … Continue reading →

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