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Some Memories
04.23.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

I left a comment at Roger Ebert’s blog that I just felt like sharing: http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/04/410_east_washington_street.html Mr. Ebert, thank you for some fond memories of a different time. I too grew up in Urbana and was a former editor of the Echo. We had archives of past issues and I enjoyed reading your articles in those [...]
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Milestones
03.29.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

We did two things today never before seen in the Karr household. I ate popcorn. We sat down as a family and watched (half) a movie. Children sat still and watched for more than five seconds. No one hit anyone else. I did not raise my voice (for an hour). The popcorn was excellent, popped [...]
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Miracle
12.21.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

A minor miracle happening right this second. Zoey is asleep and KT took Nick over to Sarah and Bob’s to bake bread which means that the house is quiet but for the sounds of football and snoring cats and a baby monitor. Yesterday we braved the cold and took Nick and Zoey to Union Station [...]
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and then they came for me
10.18.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

We had a lovely morning today. In a shocking turn of events I made pancakes and sausage this morning for all of us. Shocking because as KT put it “you cook once ever six years”. Touché. After breakfast we went to the park where Nick and Zoey played on a play structure for a while [...]

Some Memories