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Tag Archives: amber on the mountain
In the air.
By Friday of our Amber on the Mountain week, Colin’s temperature was hovering near 104. Alex, poor kid, was stuck in the house without a whole lot of parental attention, unable even to enjoy the illness-related removal of our normal … Continue reading
Working with clay.
In Amber on the Mountain, Amber gives her friend a little mule that she made out of clay. For our art lesson, we did some sculpting too. We used Crayola air-dry clay, which was a nice change from Play-doh and … Continue reading
Amber on the Mountain.
There’s been a lot going on lately chez Tinderbox (I initially mistyped that as “cheez Tinderbox,” which gives an entirely different mental picture) – we came home from vacation and immediately put in an offer on a house, which led … Continue reading

