I continue to be fascinated by this Strawberry Festival poster, which I found in the archives room of my church a few months ago. As does The Five-Year-Old, who after hearing my explanation of why the soaring price of ice in 1890 could jeopardize an entire festival, asked, “How did they make old-timey ice cream, Mommyo?”
The Five-Year Old: “Mommyo, what’s a riddle?” Mommyo: “They are questions you have to figure out the answer to. Like ‘why did the chicken cross the…
We say goodbye to the Dedham bunnies, the salt standard, and other news of the week.
After passing several fallen trees on our way to school yesterday, my daughter asked if she could prepare a special report for Caterpickles on how Hurricane Sandy affected Dedham, Walpole, and Norwood Massachusetts (aka my daughter’s stomping grounds).
But whatever it is, blogging is going to be one of the last things on my mind. So I’ve set up a few posts in advance…
Mommyo, tentatively: “The Five-Year-Old, your school is having an ice cream social. Do you want to go?” The Five-Year-Old, dubiously: “What’s an ice cream social?” Mommyo,…
Battening down the hatches for Hurricane Sandy and other news of the week.
Given the number of haunted houses and other Halloween-related festivities on The Five-Year-Old’s calendar this weekend, it seems like a good time to review the literature on a crucial question. Does garlic protect against vampires?
Driving to a fall festival one fine Sunday afternoon, the Bare Naked Ladies’ song “Here Come the Geese” popped up on The-Five-Year-Old’s In-the-Car playlist. The Five-Year-Old must have heard that song 500 times by now, but this time, her mind had a question. “Mommyo, why do geese fly in a V-formation?”
Although we haven’t been talking about them as much lately, a lot has been happening with the bunnies in the 2012 Dedham Public Art Project.
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