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May 7 / Amy

Mum’s the Word

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Some of my proudest moments through the years… plus a pretty sweet photo of a smoking cow with a mom tat.

Apr 30 / Amy

How I went from being a FB admin to “an individual exhibiting a chance and usually inferior biological variation.”

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Main Entry: 3rogue
Function: adjective
Date: 1872

1 : resembling or suggesting a rogue elephant especially in being isolated, aberrant, dangerous, or uncontrollable
2 : corrupt, dishonest
3 : of or being a nation whose leaders defy international law or norms of international behavior

Apr 27 / Amy

Birds Really Really Like It When You Take Their Picture. Except when they don’t.

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It is one of the great disappointments of my adult life that I didn’t capture the bird coming at me on film, but here’s what I imagine it would have looked like, had I not been so deft at dodging it and saving my life while not falling off the ladder at the same time. (click title to read more)

Apr 20 / Amy

Dead Stuff From the Sea

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We just got back from staying with my grandparents for a couple of days in Florida, where Ella spent her vacation collecting shells.  Lovely shells of all shapes, sizes and colors.

Addison spent hers collecting dead things from the sea.  And she couldn’t have been prouder of each dead, rotting treasure she pulled from… [keep reading]

Apr 2 / Amy

Regarding J.C. and the Easter Bunny

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How do you explain crucifixion and rising from the dead to three year olds? Ummm, Jesus was an awesome person and we should follow his example and be kind and then he was nailed to a cross… but don’t worry kids–he rose from the dead… just like a zombie! A holy zombie! You see? It’s tricky.

Mar 24 / Amy

Dear mom and dad, thank you for my college education, which I have put to excellent use this month.

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What do all of the following phrases have in common: spider squirrel, bloody rabbit, amish bread, handhole, sperlunking, squirrel elephantitis and Jillian Michaels in a thong? Click on the post to find out.

Mar 17 / Amy

How a squirrel came to be in a rubbermaid container on my back porch: A step-by-step story in pictures

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1. Squirrels return to porch roof for another year of nesting.

2. Squirrels decide to start eating out of compost bin without asking.

3. Squirrels start hanging out on the porch.

4. Amy decides to make a secondary compost bin on the porch to encourage this behavior.

5. Squirrel is interested in… [keep reading]