Posts from the ‘Miscellaneous’ category

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Caterpickles Central Update

In which I talk about some of the things I’ve been doing instead of posting on Caterpickles.

Memories of Christmas Past

In this week’s extract from my now-deleted Facebook archives, a bat convinces me not to decorate for Christmas. Merry Christmas, y’all.

Throwback Thursday: The Five-Year-Old makes her Christmas list

In this week’s extract from my now-deleted Facebook archives, the Five-Year-Old sings a letter to Santa.

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Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! We’re going to take a few days off here at Caterpickles Central to enjoy the summer and maybe learn a few things about vintage cars. ‘Tis the season for vintage cars, after all.

The Curiosity Files: 9-year-old boy discovers missing link in human evolution

Last week in my ongoing search for hard data about the benefits of remaining curious, I came across an article in Thrive Global about Matthew Berger, the 9-year-old who discovered a missing link in the story of human evolution while he was out walking with his dog. What struck me about this story, was not the boy’s reaction to his discovery, but his father’s.

Thank you for spending another year reading Caterpickles

My daughter didn’t have any new questions about Santa this year (sniff! she’s growing up), so here’s a collection of your favorite holiday posts from years past. Thanks for reading Caterpickles.

Event Alert: Curves Los Altos Holiday Boutique

Just a quick post to let you know I’ve got another book event coming up December 6-8, 2018 in Los Altos, California.

Father and five-year-old daughter taking a photo in the Seuss Garden.

“So, Mommyo, what are you going to do about Caterpickles, now that I’m in middle school?”

Years ago, when I started this blog, neither my daughter nor her friends read on their own. They were never online, which gave me considerable freedom when it came to posting funny stuff my daughter said. But now that my daughter is 11, the potential fallout from telling funny stories from her day is much greater. What’s a curious mommy blogger to do?

Look what I learned to do this fall!

This fall I’ve been volunteering in my daughter’s middle school library. Mostly the job involves shelving books kids have already read and helping kids find the books they’d like to read next. But a few weeks ago, I was promoted to Apprentice Book Repair Person. My first mission? Make Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins readable again.