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Dust jacket phobia
Whale Child is eight and refuses to read, or contemplate reading, any dust-jacketed book with its jacket on. We are about to move house. Preparing for the packers, I find I am finding a steady stream … more →
Very Like A Whale
dust jacket phobia
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verylikeawhale wrote 6 months ago: Whale Child is eight and refuses to read, or contemplate reading, any dust-jacketed book with its ja … more →
mom-ing
verylikeawhale wrote 7 months ago: As a mom who has had enduring mom issues of her own, I’m very conscious of the constant potent … more →
ear-plugs
verylikeawhale wrote 7 months ago: Whale Child: Mom, tell me again the story about (traumatic childhood incident involving his brother) … more →
what's the difference between dusk and twilight?
verylikeawhale wrote 7 months ago: Whale Child wants to know, and darned if I do. I remember being told there was no (or as little as m … more →
Are you Cruella DeVil or Ramses the Second?
verylikeawhale wrote 8 months ago: Thus Whale Child to his mother. OK so it’s a bad hair day. But I’m sure I was much more … more →
when I am 100
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verylikeawhale wrote 9 months ago: I will sit in my rocking chair and beat people with my cane. – Whale Child homework paper, Mar … more →
Being Eight
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verylikeawhale wrote 10 months ago: Songs on Whale Child’s ‘Faves’ list on the 1gb hand-me-down i-Pod Nano he inherited from … more →
aaaall riiiighty then
verylikeawhale wrote 10 months ago: This cracked me up when Whale Child (who is eight and, what can I say, a devoted fan of Ace Ventura: … more →
France or Leaves?
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verylikeawhale wrote 1 year ago: Whale Child: Mom, why do people call France France? Me: That’s its name. What else would they … more →
boy think
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verylikeawhale wrote 2 years ago: (After a good on and off hour of whining for activity X, which I said we would get to if, and only i … more →
Whales? Us?!
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verylikeawhale wrote 2 years ago: Whale Boy’s and Whale Child’s monikers on this blog have come to their attention and the … more →
snoring bear
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verylikeawhale wrote 2 years ago: Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jane Chapman. No complaints here – lyrical rhym … more →
Bronzeville
verylikeawhale wrote 2 years ago: Bronzeville Boys and Girls by Gwendolyn Brooks. This is a re-issue of a collection of poem about kid … more →
This is just to say
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verylikeawhale wrote 2 years ago: This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness, by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Pamela Zagare … more →
a hundred horrible heads
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verylikeawhale wrote 2 years ago: Mother Earth now brought forth two terrible monsters, Typhon and his mate Echidna, and sent them aga … more →
Hamsterdam
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verylikeawhale wrote 2 years ago: The capital of the Netherlands, according to Whale Child. I wish I could get into his head and see h … more →
animal poems
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verylikeawhale wrote 2 years ago: Animal Poems by Valerie Worth, illustrated by Steve Jenkins. Came in the mail for Whale Child today … more →
Comets and Stars
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verylikeawhale wrote 2 years ago: Here’s a thing. We got the first of the kid poetry books I ordered in a fit of guilt a week or so … more →
Bad Mother Emergency
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verylikeawhale wrote 2 years ago: I am such a lemming. Whale Child and I were reading Orlando Keeps A Dog last night for the trazillio … more →
