Public pools and public libraries: both a little messy but essential.

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This is basically the purpose of natural gas odor additives, so I believe this is viable.

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It’s good to know that the feeling is mutual.

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She’s really good at this climbing stuff, but I am equally proud of the vertical illustration layout. We are all talented, okay?

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I don’t know why I get so far behind on these, but in this version of the world, she’s still in climbing camp.

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I cannot imagine. So many crystals.

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She is not just braver, but ever more capable. Never turn your back on the ocean.

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She is being very patient, but we are also being very generous during the stretching of her jaw.

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The shadow that is fading is always replaced by the one coming up behind you. That one will fade too.

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It is shocking how many facts she knows about her own life.

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The process was scary, but she smiled so big as soon as she saw herself in the mirror.

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It is unsurprising to me that this girl loves to climb walls so much.

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I don’t know why I tried to do a realistic depiction of this event. Orthodontia is serious business.

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Children experience jet lag differently.

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The big paper is how you know I wrote this after we arrived back in New York. Alas.

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And the vibes. The friendly vibes.

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Kina had until now never met her cousins from Singapore, but they spent the last two days together, and now I’m not sure Kina won’t move to Singapore to spend more time with them.

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I am so proud of our beach child and her love of salad.

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More Cable Car Rides for 2025.

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Big day for nature out here. I didn’t illustrate the bit about outhouses, but it was the second funniest part of the day (after “Chickens make pine cones look better.”)

I’m slowly recharging from the exhaustion of being in the middle of all the news (literally and figuratively). I do not take any of these trees or tide pools for granted.

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