Author name: judyann dutcher

Awesome and Creepy

My kids have resisted Facebook for a variety of reasons, mostly because it’s something I do. I’m ok with that. I have promised that I would want to be their friend but that I would never comment on anything they posted nor would I tag them in anything. Daughter is on her school theater board […]

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Proce-queue-ing

Daughter is completing her online forms to attend UCSB next year. There are multitude of steps and screens to wander through. I thought it would be easy: just fill out the forms with proper information and submit. She would complete one screen and then have to wait for an email back the next day so

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Half Mile

Walking the dog around the block is a half mile. Although this isn’t a long distance, it is better than nothing. For the first 20 yards the dog leaps and jumps against the leash as she tries to take the lease into her mouth so she can take herself for a walk. She’s very excited

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Divergent and Insurgent

The two books Divergent and Insurgent, by Veronica Roth are young adult novels and the first 2 books of the Divergent Trilogy. The stories are set in future dystopian Chicago where society is divided into 5 factions depending on their virtues: Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite

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Loquat Heaven and Hell

A 40-year old loquat tree came with the house when we bought it in 1997. I had never heard of or seen a loquat tree. I equated it to an apricot and I thought this was a good thing since I had grown up with an apricot tree. I discovered though that there were several

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