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“I and the public know. / What all schoolchildren learn. / Those to whom evil is done. / Do evil in return.”

–W.H. Auden, poet (1907-1973)

Recipe of the day, a la Hockey God:

heat oil in pan
add 1 T black mustard seed, cook until they start snapping
add 1/2 T turmeric, salt and pepper, onions and garlic, sautee
dice potatoes and rinse, add to sautee
dice greens, add to sautee with water to prevent sticking and to make a little
sauce
cook until greens and spuds are tender (20-30 min), adding water as necessary
add lemon/lime juice, coriander (about 1 T), cook for another 5 minutes
garnish with fresh chopped cilantro and serve over rice

serve with love.

“The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.”
— Frances Willard (1839-1898)

Check out this site:

http://www.dearreader.com/

I’ve been getting the non-fiction and fiction reads for a few months now — great way to preview a book.

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“I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn’t last long.”
— Shelly Winters

from Wacky Girl:

I’m excited that school is going to be out in four weeks! What I have learned so far in kindergarten:

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no more “old nonsense,” got it?

WM

“Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; Some blunders and absurdities crept in; Forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

–Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

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“Tell all the truth/
but tell it slant.”

— Emily Dickinson

“Hope is the thing with feathers/
that perches in my soul.”

— Emily Dickinson

Yes, that was the advice my 3-year-old gave me today: “If a meat eater comes after you, you’re on your own, Mommy.”

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HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

“I can feel for her because, although I have never been an Alaskan prostitute dancing on the bar in a spangled dress, I still got very bored with washing and ironing and dishwashing and cooking day after relentless day.”
— Betty MacDonald, 1945

Have a good day off, would ya?

love,

Wacky Mommy

ps — sorry you had to work, Wacky Mommy N!!!!

Check it out…

Pixieland!

http://pdxhistory.com/

Should people homeschool when they can’t even spell? Or write?

From a listserv I’m on:

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