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		<title>Something I Wrote for Kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Addie was a baby I came up with a song, a sort of wake up lullaby. At first she didn&#8217;t know what the words meant, and over time she got to know them well. I sing it from time to time with both Adelaide and Griffin and have even put it to piano recently. 
Its been over three years since I&#8217;ve put a song up here. And here is Good Morning, or Kitty Stew. 


Good Morning
 ©2010.
If you wish to sing along with the melody:
Good Morning
Good Morning
Its time to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sonicist.com/?p=721</link>
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		<title>Summer Update</title>
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As you can tell from the picture, Louie is getting bigger and today he got his first grooming. Every night he sleeps in a crate in our room. Like any dog they make noises in the middle of the night, and he is sure to try and wake me up around 6:30 for food. Last night was not different in the noises, however there was something of interest that did happen.

I&#8217;m not sure what time it was, it was very dark outside, my guess is around 3 AM. I woke ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sonicist.com/?p=706</link>
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		<title>We&#8217;re back and new pup.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been back from Italy about two weeks and are still trying to get it all together. It&#8217;s a big transition that I&#8217;ve made even more challenging by trying to get a new dog.
I dragged the kids down to the Franklin County Animal Shelter where we adopted a 2 year old Shepherd mix. We tried. We even extended her name from Princess to Princess Kelly Rocket Shoes. But she had some emotional problems I couldn&#8217;t overcome and it was a horrible afternoon that I took her back to the shelter ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sonicist.com/?p=675</link>
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		<title>Last Day. Not!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night was to be our last night in Italy and the kids got gelato. Today we woke up very early to catch our taxi to the airport, and arrived early only to find out that our flight was canceled. Ironic, isn’t it, if you remember that our flight to Italy was canceled. The reason for the cancellation this time is the ash cloud from the Volcano that can’t be named, because no one can pronounce it.
At the airport we reserved a flight to Paris to leave this afternoon, and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sonicist.com/?p=660</link>
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		<title>Tuscany!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Warning &#8211; long post ahead.
This last weekend we travelled south to Tuscany!  Despite the trip&#8217;s beginning, the end turned out well.
We left Bologna on a dreary note, namely rain. It was soured further by a poor experience renting a car from Eurocar &#8211; I advise finding someplace else to rent a car from. Eurocar was costly and the man who &#8220;helped&#8221; us was discourteous and unkind. To top it off, driving out of Bologna left us fearing for our lives as we interacted with Italian drivers. The whole morning ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sonicist.com/?p=596</link>
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		<title>Venice Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are times when I regret taking my own advice.
After my last venture to Venice, two years ago, I suggested to my readers that there were too many bridges with too many stairs to make bringing a stroller worth it. At every bridge we had to carry the stroller and the child up and over.
That advice was made when I had a child who weighed half of what he does today, and couldn&#8217;t run nearly as fast. Believe me, a fearless 40 lb three-year-old, surrounded by murky, green water (and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sonicist.com/?p=569</link>
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		<title>Climbing the Tower</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ As if this week wasn&#8217;t exciting enough, what with LJ&#8217;s race and our leaving for Venice tomorrow, we went and visited the Towers of Bologna.
You can see from the picture that there are two main towers, one larger in the back, the other leaning dangerously to one side. We climbed the one in the back. There are actually many more towers than these in Bologna, but these are the two for the tourists and one of them you can climb.
An interesting thing about Bologna is that there are many ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sonicist.com/?p=533</link>
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		<title>Race Day (guest post &#8211; LJ)</title>
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By Laura
Long before coming to Italy for the spring, I had repeatedly searched for some sort of race to participate in to prepare for the Cleveland Half-Marathon in May (which I still hope to run). I found two decent races – marathons in Milan and Rome – but the timing didn’t work. Imagine my surprise when I found that a 10.8 kilometer race was happening right here in Bologna this weekend! I couldn’t quite figure out how to register or what time it started, but yesterday I found a nice ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sonicist.com/?p=525</link>
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		<title>Amazing Churches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we saw a Michaelangelo statue. Actually we saw three, here in Bologna, not but a block from our home. And they weren&#8217;t in a museum. They were in a church called St. Dominicus. They were part of the tomb of St. Dominic.
St. Dominic&#8217;s tomb, a masterpiece of sculpture, with carvings from Michael Angelo, Girolamo Cortellini, Nicolo dell&#8217;Arca and others I have never heard of. The tomb is located in one of many incredible churches &#8211; over a hundred in Bologna &#8211; scattered about. Griffin and I tried to attend ...]]></description>
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		<title>Florence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ My allergies have kicked in high gear and I would be miserable except for some medicine we found here. It&#8217;s made me a little speedy or something. But overall I am doing great.
Sunday we rode the train about 35 minutes to Florence. We took 1st class on the way down in the Euro-Star. On the way back we tried 2nd class and found it to be very nice.)
I&#8217;ll attach some photos of our day to this entry, in gallery form at the bottom. We had a great time all-in-all.
The ...]]></description>
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