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I Miss Snow

This is likely not a popular opinion. Especially in May. My folks, who live where the weather is cold about 60% of the year are cringing…

1 min readMay 19, 2024

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I Miss Snow

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When Grandma sees the new haircut…

She’s shocked! Her firstborn grandson’s gone rogue.

1 min readMay 14, 2024

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When Grandma sees the new haircut…

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What do I do when my kid asks me for a summer haircut?

I throw on his panda-print barber cape and grab the clippers.

1 min readMay 12, 2024

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My hernia jello has been repurposed!

Last year while recovering from hernia surgery nothing sounded good. But, I was hungry.

1 min readMay 9, 2024

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a diorama of a little blond boy clutching his face in a huge bowl of yellow jello

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The Salt Returns

After three weeks, my partner has assumed his place back in the kitchen. And, the salt is back!

1 min readMay 5, 2024

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“Triumphant salt man:” a diorama of a retro orange kitchen with a close-up of a man with glasses triumphantly holding a BIG box of salt above his head

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“Has anyone seen the salt?”

This has been the constant question around our house for the past two weeks.

1 min readApr 28, 2024

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a close-up of orange empty kitchen drawer opened to expose nothing except an orange box of salt

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Big Mouth’s Taken a Vacation

But not by choice

1 min readApr 15, 2024

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a red diorama of a jaunty brown-haired woman with a big mouth talking

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Look what our kid captured!

It’s a monarch caterpillar in the middle of making a chrysalis!

1 min readApr 7, 2024

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Look what our kid captured!

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Do you know of the perfect room?

Can you picture it? Where the light comes just so that you don’t even need to use a lamp? Where you have everything you need? A warm cuppa…

1 min readMar 26, 2024

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a diorama of a retro lavender living room with lavender furniture with a woman reading a green book sitting on a chair in the middle

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What am I to tell my little love?

The caterpillars are escaping!

1 min readMar 25, 2024

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monarch caterpillar on scarlet milkweed

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A A McRae

A A McRae

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I am a teacher, parent, cookie-baking experimenter, library enthusiast, and all-around bookworm. Twitter and Instagram: @aamcraewrites

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