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Episode 1: Have I Taken Halloween Too Far?

Based on Have I Taken Halloween Too Far? from November 30, 2018. Apple Podcasts Spotify Pocket Casts RSS Feed It’s somehow mid-October already. The weather is getting cooler, the leaves are changing, and I am 110% in the autumn headspace. I’m embracing my most basic self. I’m ready for decorative gourds and warm spices…

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Building a Family, One Project at a Time

Love Make Share family portrait

Love Make Share’s mission is to show project-based learning in action and demonstrate the power of shared creative endeavours in forging bonds between us. It’s also the story of a family who finds closeness and fulfillment in being creative. 

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Episode 1: Have I Taken Halloween Too Far?

Based on Have I Taken Halloween Too Far? from November 30, 2018. Apple Podcasts Spotify Pocket Casts RSS Feed It’s somehow mid-October already. The weather is getting cooler, the leaves are changing, and I am 110% in the autumn headspace. I’m embracing my most basic self. I’m ready for decorative gourds and warm spices…

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The Velveteen Rabbit

A Pink Panther plush next to a fuzzy rabbit plush, on top of a pillow decorated with stars.

Tonight, C’s bedtime story was The Velveteen Rabbit. Fresh from a bath and rosy-cheeked, she curled up under the covers and held her own stuffed bunny close under her chin, her eyes gleaming in the low light. Serene and soft and warm in that way that only tired toddlers get. I have always loved The…

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Impressions in the Snow

Impressions in the Snow

There have been several big snowfalls in a row this winter. I came home from a rare Sunday spent at the office and could barely get the car into the driveway. I didn’t want to shovel. The teens were occupied, hanging out with their cousins; my wife wanted to nap. I wanted to spend some…

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Projects

Qlone 3D Scanning App First Impressions

Watch the video or read all about it – either way there’s lots here to check out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zChDBFmr0YE One of the things about making stuff is that I’m never sure what might be the best way to share our projects. But with the technology in our pockets getting better all the time, maybe the best…

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Workbench Time Lapse – Workshop Reorganization

workshop organization

http://youtu.be/fzgzoNp-dwc?list=UUcOmw7GAsFqcCifF0C6canA Me from the present and me from a couple of weeks ago work together to reorganize the shop to make space for future projects. I moved the kids’ workbench out and fixed the mess that was left from the madness that was last term.

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How I Wrote My Best NaNoWriMo Draft Yet

https://youtu.be/mxFmRUFTuM0 I have had a number of successes with National Novel Writing Month – NaNoWriMo. I wrote a novel with only a drawing to guide me, learned some lessons, lost, and won. I’m getting practiced now, and have completed three novels in five years. My hands-down best performance came in April 2021, during Camp NaNoWriMo.…

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Simply the Best Peanut Butter

Simply the best peanut butter

I don’t lightly say that things are “the best” anything. But we’ve been on this peanut butter for a few weeks now and it’s so cheap, so easy to make, and so delicious that I don’t think we’re ever going back to the store-bought kind.

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Cheddar Buttermilk Biscuits

Cheddar buttermilk biscuits

If you’re counting calories, you may want to become temporarily innumerate. Believe me, it’ll be worth it. These cheddar buttermilk biscuits are comfort food at its best. Flaky, soft, salty, rich, and absolutely the kind of thing where you’ll finish one and immediately reach for another.

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