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Smiley Sarah
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Got here as soon as I could : discovering the way life should be / / Sarah Smiley
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Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Down East Books, , 2016 |
©2016 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
Disciplina: | 306.8509741 |
Soggetto topico: | Travel - United States |
Soggetto geografico: | Maine Social life and customs Anecdotes |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; Welcome to Maine; A Lesson in Liquids and Solids; There Might Not Be Moose; Still Looking for Moose; He Who Hesitates Gets Stuck on the Lift; Ice Fishing; Old Man Winter; Crispy Isn't Spelled with a K; The Beast Below the Floorboards; My Basement of Solitude; Benefits of Small Living; No Room for Lazy; The GPS Won't Get You to Katahdin; When a Case of Soda Freezes, You Know It's Cold; How to Blow Snow; When I Knew Maine Was Home; The Way Life Is; Waking the Senses; Off the Beaten Path in the County; Small, Local Shops Make Memories |
Zucchini: Plant of HorrorsA Frozen Christmas Tree; The Unsung Heroes of Winter; Small-Town Life; Apologies to the Wildlife; The Mother Bird; One Bird in the House is Worse Than Two Outside; Raising Kids in Maine; The New (Naughty) Kid in Class; Gift Shops = Hell; Kids as Collateral at the County Fair; Frozen Waffles (Hey, I cook them first!); National Waffle Shortage; Moms Don't Have Favorites; If Otters Read Books About Us; The Brothers' Separation; Firstborn Cuts Path; Loss of Wii: Cruel and Unusual Punishment; Etchings on the Family Table; Price Gouging Gumballs | |
Picture Frames as Time CapsulesFirst Fish, Then Dog; We Won a Shark; Meet Sparky; When a Dog Trains His Boy; To the Littlest Boy in Striped Shirts; Sam's Club; Things I'll Forget; Lindell Learning to Read; Diary of a Snow Day; Lindiddy; A Letter to My Future Daughters-in-Law; The Fairness of World-and Coin Tosses; Letting Go of the Bike; A Sad, Backward Version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar; I Ruined Halloween; Living With All Boys; Managing Children, Gardens; It Will be Quiet All too Soon; Star Wars is Tearing Us Apart; Yellow Beans; Ads Set Parenting Bar Too High; About a Boy in a Kayak | |
To Ford as He Begins High SchoolBaseball; Baseball Season in Maine; First Day of Little League; Father-Son Moment at Third Base; Where Have All the Baseball Kids Gone?; Last Year of Little League; Marriage and Other Things; Dustin Goes to a Civilian Dentist; The Immortal Coffee Mug; Clean While No One is Watching; The Ramekins; Dustin Finds a New Way to Fly; You Can Take the Kid Out of Diapers, but Will Dustin Ever Hear?; Dustin Doesn't Let Anyone Win; Lost Wedding Band; New Wedding Band; Wedding Band Found by Mainers; If Schools Were Designed for Introverts; Fear of Flying | |
Flying with the 101stMission Accomplished; Flying: Let's Try That Again; FAQs about Failed Flying Attempt; Online Commenters; Lessons for the Future; About the Author | |
Sommario/riassunto: | GOT HERE AS SOON AS I COULD is a collection of syndicated columnist Sarah Smiley's most-loved columns about raising a family in Maine. In these 100 essays, readers will laugh, cry and nod their head "yes" as they remember a time when all of America was as simple and beautiful as it still is today in Vacationland. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Got here as soon as I could ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-60893-577-9 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910798190403321 |
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