A couple from the boy (five-pack four+Magic Puzzle Company)
he speaks!
Some 5WP's from that came from here and out there.
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floor
slug
clapping
his
feet
When we eat, the boy wanders around the house. I wrote this after watching him mop the floor with his back and clapping his feet in the middle of dinner. The girl has always been well behaved at meals so I'm gonna chalk it up to genetics.
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dreamland
dusk
seeking
the
girl
An early morning poem after waking up from a dream.
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metal
tail
chubby
sky
shark
Next to the airport is a big shopping center. I'm always tickled by the tail fins gliding in the background by as jets prepare for takeoff while I'm parking the car to pick up oranges.
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poetry
pokes
thru
imperfect
precision
It started with the phrase "poetry is precision" but it felt too pat and wasn't five words.
I have no business making pronouncements on the nature of poetry. If I keep this up maybe this will feel prescient. Or just cringe. Tomorrow's problem!
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do dreams teach you stuff?
A couple of weeks ago, the boy walked up as I was typing on the computer and asked an innocent question.
Unfortunately my first attempt had a mistake. But it's prettier.
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I've been focusing on using a straight brush for this month.
I'm not using a "real" standalone brush, but Pentel refillable brush pen. The price fluctuates wildly, but I've gotten them at around $8 for a pen (with two black cartridges). I refill the empty cartridges with whatever color I want. I've got three at home and one at the office.
We also picked up a straight brush from Blick for Christmas. Maybe I'll pull it out and have something deep to say about straight brush calligraphy by the end of the month. Ha!
Cya next time!
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PS-Magic Puzzle Company
In spite of my fatherly brainwashing, my kids just aren’t into boardgames.
But they did go through a jigsaw puzzle phase. A couple of years ago I found a puzzle at Goodwill priced at $12.99, when I’ve never seen a puzzle go for more than $2.99.
That price sparked my curiosity so I looked it up on Amazon. It had good reviews, the box felt sturdy, and the art was undeniably cute. I bought it for the girl's birthday.
Bingo!
I bought another one for my son’s birthday (this time new).
Bingo, again!
These offerings by Magic Puzzle Company are spectacular. Thick pieces, intricate art, creative cuts, damn near magical. Heads and tails better than Ravensburger puzzles (which are already significantly better than other brands normally found in thrift shops).
So I’m giving it the highest possible recommendation. In a world where I can keep buying used puzzles at the library and thrift stores for two bucks a pop, I've purchased the entire Magic Puzzle Company catalog at $23 a piece.
To add a slight literary valence (and to avoid being a complete shill) I'll also recommend that y'all check out George Perec’s Life a User’s Manual. I often think about the puzzle maker in that novel while playing these puzzles. It's high time that I revisit that epic.
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PPS—Heal
are you going to heal the sink?
yes, we need to fix it next week.
I like to say heal—it's like a person.
From a conversation last year with the boy soon after we moved into this house.
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Loved these, and once you told about the airport next to the mall, that lovely piece made sense to me. I was hooked on the blue tail.