The Quiet Life
Sunday, August 27, 2017

Books, books, books

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I hid in books. I dived into the pages and swam the great slip-stream of adventure and fiction and space and anywhere-but-here. When the cov...
Sunday, August 20, 2017

Frugal Cooking: Inexpensive proteins

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If you're like me, you struggle to stay within budget and maintain healthy fridge levels of fresh veggies, fruit, and proteins. Proteins...
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Saturday, August 12, 2017

My mother had me tested: living with autism in the 1960s

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Autism as a diagnosis has come a long way since 1908 when the word was first used, as the  Timeline of the History of Autism  shows. Further...
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Friday, July 28, 2017

Small thoughts

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I'm starting my last summer weekend, as go back to school on Monday. The first part of the summer was good, June. July has been bumpy an...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Summer break is over

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I have 4 days left of Summer break. On Monday I head back to school. July 31. No one is happy about the encroachment of the school year cale...
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Wednesday, July 05, 2017

Frugal cooking: Making crispy eggplant and roasting peppers; also, fish

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Even though it's hot, I cooked today, meaning: baked. You gotta do what you have to do. It had been a while, making do on the stove,...
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Sunday, July 02, 2017

Best Sports Movies

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I don't like sports, and I rarely/barely played a sport. I was good at tennis, but never played on a team, just the community court afte...
Friday, June 30, 2017

Trip report: Historic Pews & Pulpits Ramble

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A couple of weeks ago I joined a day tour that was going by bus to 7 abandoned and rural eastern Georgia churches. We were told we would rec...
Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Lesley Stowe crackers, and other things

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Summer is still good. I still love it. I don't get bored. It's endlessly interesting, wonderful, and relaxing. It's been one m...
Thursday, June 22, 2017

Movie Review: Autistic Driving School

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Autistic Driving School is a 2010 one-hour documentary on Netflix (and perhaps other places too) highlighting Julia Malkin's founding o...
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Christian writer and teacher's aide who loves Jesus, a quiet life, art, beauty, and children.
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