avablog

That’s right. What? You’re not done? I love trying to find good gifts for people. Sometimes it’s things I know they want or need, but often it’s things I think they should have…things they don’t even know they need until I give it to them. My list this year has a little bit of each […]

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When I was an undergraduate studying English, one of my professors nominated me for a scholarship. I ended up winning it, mainly, I suspect, because there was a lack of interest in the award. But I was excited to get it, and I was even more excited that a professor I admired thought enough of […]

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The John G. Shedd Aquarium is an awesome place to visit. I hadn’t been there in years before we visited this past weekend. But when you go to Shedd Aquarium as a child, there’s something you don’t remember so much: This is what we saw as we were leaving. That’s the admission line. My recommendation […]

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Same s#%t, different day.  You figure it out.  I give up. From one of our local papers today: A Tiffin woman has been charged with child endangerment after a drug screening reportedly showed she and her infant daughter had tested positive for cocaine, authorities said. … In a similar incident, a Fairfield, Iowa, woman was […]

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Our little monkey has an ear infection.  It caught us by surprise, as she’s barely had so much as a sniffle since she got her tubes put in last year.  But a couple days ago Ava started having some serious discomfort when she’d lie down.  She’d cry and stiffen up and grab at her right […]

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