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Rabbit Trails

Posted by Andrew Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:35:00 GMT

The other evening while engaged in discussion during our daily family worship time, our dear 15 year-old daughter Galena was digressing into one tangential topic after another. Finally we patiently pointed out that while her thoughts were very interesting, we did need to try to stop going down so many rabbit trails. Without missing a beat, she innocently replied, “Hey! I saw a rabbit today…”

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Metaphors and such in the age of blogs

Posted by Andrew Sat, 20 May 2006 17:46:00 GMT

In a recent family conversation in the cozy family room festooned with the artwork of daughters (See my Flickr pages) we were discussing our children’s recent literature studies, and various literary devices. At the perfect moment in the conversation, 12 year-old Lydia chimed in with “Yes, and we learned about smilies too…”

:-/

:-o

;-)

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Following Father's Footsteps

Posted by Andrew Sun, 09 Apr 2006 07:01:00 GMT

Scene: Walking on the beach of the Oregon coast with Dad

Dad (after having his heels trodden upon several times): Karl, please watch where you’re walking, OK?

Karl: I’m just following in your footsteps…

Dad: That’s fine Karl. Just let me get out of them first.

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Out of the mouths...

Posted by Andrew Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:42:00 GMT

Karl (age 9): ” ‘obese’, what does that mean?”

Lydia (age 12): “It means you hit every corner you turn.”

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