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• We’re Going to Be Friends, #1023

  

  1st Day of Preschool – Ages 2 41st day of preschool – Ages 18 months 3In one week from today, summer is officially over — at least for Tucsonans. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Parklife, #1022

  

  I want to write about those Buzzfeed quizzes that have suddenly become really popular on Facebook recently.  I have to admit…they are an indulgent cheap... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Mmm Yeah, #1021

  

  When I was a pre-teen, I was so deeply in love with bassist John Taylor from Duran Duran that I cried myself to sleep the night I heard Duran Duran broke up, an... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• All My Life’s a Circle, #1020

  

  This is it. It’s the last week of camp, and it is so bittersweet to put an end to the summer. What has become my life for the last 2 months is about to... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Metro, #1019

  

  My daughter’s and my Streetcar Selfie!Though the city of Tucson is moderate-sized, our community is spread out. If you don’t have a car in this town, you are... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Overnight Sensation, #1018

  

  The blue team mascot (aka “Blue Steel”) with is purple team sister.I went to check on my kids yesterday during the day, as they are in the middle of Maccabia... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• She’s a Rainbow, #1017

  

  “Ooh, Aah, Maccabia!”Those words will be echoing through my head over the next 3 days as campers show their spirit at my work. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Cheer Rhythm

  

  Happy Top 10 Tuesday, Tucson Songstress friends.  It’s Maccabia week at camp, which is like a color war.  Campers are divided up into color teams, and they... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• What Does the Fox Say, #1016

  

  There is a small war going on in my house. It is between boy and dog, and this grand conflict is all about a little toy fox that I brought home yesterday. Her... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Boogie Shoes, #1015

  

  My new “Birks”I have been having some really awful foot pain over the last several weeks, and the doctor diagnosed it as plantar fasciitis. Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Reach Out and Touch Somebody’s Hand, #1014

  

  Lend a helping hand!The craziest thing happened the other day.  I was driving home and was not on my normal path.  I was coming from a doctor’s appointment,... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Born to Run, #1013

  A year ago, my family spent a day at our local Tucson water park.  My son, at the time, was caught somewhere between the baby water slides and the big monster... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• La Marseillaise, #1012

  Did I really just read what I thought I read?  The more the Anti-Israel Bastille Day demonstration and attack is soaking in, I am just dumbfounded that it... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Making Music Out of Rain

  

  Photo from the National Wildlife Federation websiteHappy Top 10 Tuesday, Tucson Songstress friends!  It’s the rainy monsoon season in Tucson, and parents are... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Sunday Bloody Sunday, #1011

  

  When Bono marched around with his white flag at U2′s 1983 Red Rocks concert in Colorado, the question came up as to whether or not music and politics should be... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Ymca, #1010

  

  I’m not a big sports-minded person, but last night my family had a really fun night at FC Tucson, our Tucson summer-based PDL (Premier Development League) team. Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Hell’s Bells, #1009

  

  Last night was the annual camp talent show, and both of my kid’s performed solo acts!  My daughter is a veteran.  I believe this is her 4th year performing a... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Hatikvah, #1008

  For as long as I’ve known, Jewish friends and family have made pilgrimages to Israel every summer.  There are teen trips and study programs and work... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• How To Make a REAL Rainstick

  

  Photo from the Imagination Tree blogIt drives me a little bonkers.  Preschoolers come home with paper towel tubes filled with rice and closed off on the ends... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Another Brick in the Wall Country Style, #1008

  

  Last night, my family and I wandered into a Dickey’s Barbecue restaurant for dinner.  There is a new location that opened up on Oracle and Magee in the Trader... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION