“Do cats eat newts?”
Do cats eat newts? The answer to this question, like so many cat-related issues, is yes, they probably will, but no they really shouldn’t. You shouldn’t either, by the way. Why are newts so bad for cats?
What’s The Nine-Year-Old reading this week?
This week, The Nine-Year-Old reads Terry Pratchett’s The Carpet People and convinces Mommyo to read The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett with her.
Wordless Wednesday: Courtyard at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
From the archives, but seasonally appropriate anyway. It’s a summer miracle!
If you take your Nine-Year-Old to the Shedd Aquarium…
She’ll ask you to take a picture of her by the growth chart, and you will be shocked to discover that your baby is now almost…
The (then) Eight-Year-Old talks with Uncle Phil
Uncle Phil: “Have you ever seen magnesium burn?” The (then) Eight-Year-Old, sadly: “No. We don’t have that kind of science teacher.” Fortunately, she does have (carefully supervised)…
Your Friday Construction Update: Gaslights
This week, while swapping out the cloth-bound electrical writing in our new bathroom for something a bit newer, my contractor paused just long enough to show me the piping for the even older gaslights that used to illuminate the master bathroom.
Saturday mornings at Caterpickles
Mommyo, gazing at the piles of toys, laundry, paper, and other debris generated by another week of living at Caterpickles Central: “Before we do anything else…
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