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I spent two decades helping companies like Bell Labs, Juniper Networks, and a genetic testing company that was later acquired by CVS translate some of the world’s most complicated concepts into actionable, understandable English. Now I’m working on a much harder problem — how parents can foster their children’s curiosity and engagement in the scientific, artistic, and linguistic world that surrounds them, without being a scientist, artist, or linguist themselves.
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Email me at shalahowell (at) gmail (dot) com. Or find me on Facebook, Goodreads, or Twitter: @shalahowell.My book
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Wordless Wednesday: Something’s different about Christmas in California
Can’t quite put my finger on it, though. Related Links: More Wordless Wednesday on Caterpickles
Merry Christmas, from all of us at Caterpickles Central
May your Cat TV be merry and bright this holiday season! Thanks for spending time with us at Caterpickles this year. Related Links: More Christmas posts on Caterpickles, including the classic “Does Santa spend the rest of the year sleeping?”
Wordless Wednesday: It’s starting to look like Christmas around here
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Merry Christmas!
We still can’t quite believe it really happened. Thanks for reading Caterpickles this year. Related Links: More Christmas posts on Caterpickles Santa posts on Caterpickles
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Tagged Chicago Cubs, Cubs holiday tree, Merry Christmas, MSI
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Wordless Wednesday: Just four more sleeps until Christmas
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Caterpickles thinks too much about Christmas carols: “How do you troll an ancient Yuletide carol?”
Thanks for tuning in for another special holiday edition of Caterpickles thinking too hard about words. This week, we’re wondering just what it means to “troll an ancient Yuletide carol.” But first, we need to clear up a few thing about last week’s post first. … Continue reading
Caterpickles thinks too much about Christmas carols: “What’s a bobtail?”
Last week, my daughter’s choir performed at her Lower School Assembly. Naturally, Daddyo and I went. The price of enjoying our daughter’s warbling came at the very end of the assembly when we were all invited to join the holiday … Continue reading
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Tagged American Bobtail Cat, bells on bobtails meaning, bobtailed horses, Canelo, Christmas carols, Cozy, Jingle Bells
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Merry Christmas!
Thanks for sticking with us for another year!
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What to do with your old Christmas tree
In his book, Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get Headaches?, birding enthusiast Mike O’Connor suggests that folks who purchase real Christmas trees place them along the fence in their backyard once Christmas is over to provide shelter this winter for local birds. That got … Continue reading
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