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How to Grandparent?

5/26/12 6:37pm by Victoria Pann
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I didn't have much in the way of grandparents in my life to demonstrate how to grandparent.  Two of my grandparents died before I was born, one grandfather, who I struggle to remember, died when I was four, and one grandmother, who I fiercely loved, lived until I was thirteen, but we only saw her rarely.  When I was growing up it seemed the thing grandparents did best was pop off.My husband didn't know any of his grandparents, and I'd be surprised if he even knew their names.  Read more >

I ran out of kids and had to find more

5/17/12 1:18pm by Victoria Pann
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They left me, the little sweeties.  Never mind that I loved 'em, wiped 'em, sewed for 'em, worried over 'em and went to all their plays, recitals, concerts and horse shows.  They had the audacity to grow up and move on.  Fiddlesticks.  What's a career mom to do?  Find more, that's what.  Didn't take long and I was a card carrying, T-shirt wearing, dues paying member of the Sea Scouts.     Read more >

Maurice Sendak Opens His Arms

5/9/12 8:36am by Victoria Pann
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Years ago, a little class of kindergartners from Thomas Academy headed to a mall for a book signing with Maurice Sendak.  Read more >

Where Have All the Children Gone?

3/6/12 3:11pm by Victoria Pann
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As I drive by parks, I never see any children.  Oh, there are the few toddlers now and again with the nannies who tend to be talking or texting on their cells.  But elementary school kids playing without structure or adults watching?  It doesn’t happen anymore.   Read more >

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Victoria Pann
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November 2011
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Musings and philosophies of a historical reenactor, writer, sewist, librarian, canoer, cook, wife, and mother of grown daughters.
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Seattle, WA
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