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  Hi!  It’s me.  Remember me?  I used to write regularly on this site.  In fact, I was aghast when I looked to see when my last post was.  It was Jan 28.  35 days ago.  And if I want to be really honest, my blogging was somewhat erratic at that point.  No 2-3 times […]

It’s happened.  My crazy life with all its twists, turns and varied interests has become too burdensome for one blog.  I’ve decided to focus Mad Scientist.Crazy Mom on science and parenting. But I would miss writing about a big part of my life, so I’ve started a website for our backyard farm:  Five Maples Farm […]

We have had our llama for a couple of weeks now.  Although the honeymoon might not quite be over yet, I think my llama llove is going to be everllasting. For the first few days she was rather stand-offish.  OK, really stand-offish.  She chose a corner of the pasture and stayed there for most of […]

One of the things I like about our current school district is the surprise 4 day weekend in October.  It snuck up on me the first year we lived here because I didn’t know about it, but I am not letting another year pass without taking advantage of it. Massachusetts celebrates Columbus Day on a […]