when it is dumping outside...and you are scheduled to watch the kids

all these dolls are reading montassori propaganda books together

 .....and you can't get kids to go outside.  They are playing so nicely inside, really creatively, making cognitive leaps through play- being completely Fun Til death with dolls- full tilt play. Whole rooms may be completely destroyed. So trying to ship them off to a friend, or guilt trip them into going out with you is not really a moral option.

while my skis gently weep

You can read some good stuff about skis and daydream about skis in between loads of dishes or whatever:

 I have been thrashing around south west Lower Michigan for a some time now on a whole host of Nordic ski rigs. Most are the straight sticks of the Cross Country Boom: waxless, edgeless and suited to low snow conditions and if you break them- not a big deal..there is another 10 dollar pair at Nu Way waiting for you.  I got my latest pair from "crazy bike guy."

If "crazy bike guy" ever resurfaces i will do a post on him.

I have always dreamed about a ski kinda like the Marquette back country ski-    so reading the posting in Universal Klister was a pleasure.  I looked out the window, sighed like emily dickinson.....and read this posting.

Universal Klister: Marquette Backcountry ski review back story: