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Jun, 2012

Parents and food writers are constantly yammering on about serving their children breakfast for dinner. What a treat it is! How easy! they exclaim. Why

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28
Jun, 2012

I was about to start feeling sorry for myself. I was trying to get the kids down last night and after I’d read thirty stories

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25
Jun, 2012

I adore Vancouver, so much so that I think it may be my favorite North American city. Each time we go I make plans for

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22
Jun, 2012

This is our garage. Like the rest of this house, it’s almost 100 years old. Which means it was designed for a car whose dimension

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19
Jun, 2012

The kids celebrated the last day of school with sickly sweet frozen yogurt smothered in mostly revolting toppings. The grown-ups celebrated with whole fruit frozen

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18
Jun, 2012

Father’s Day got off to a rocky start. The kids were snapping at each other, and we were snapping at them. So, we all gathered

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12
Jun, 2012

I hate to drive. And it’s not just because I drive a minivan. I have always hated to drive. Even when I had the luxury

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7
Jun, 2012

This week the Queen celebrated her Diamond Jubilee. I am quite a fan of monarchy, especially the kind with all pomp and little power. And

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6
Jun, 2012

This is what M received for his fortieth last week: It seems his parents refused him an Atari when he was a wee lad, and

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3
Jun, 2012

This is how you spend your 40th birthday, if you happen to be M. First, we let you sleep late. And by late I mean

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