Got here as soon as I could : discovering the way life should be /

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 st...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smiley, Sarah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Down East Books, [2016]
Temas:
Smiley, Sarah > Family > Anecdotes.
Smiley family > Anecdotes.
Smiley (Famille) > Anecdotes.
Smiley family
Smiley, Sarah
Families of military personnel > Maine > Biography > Anecdotes.
Families > Anecdotes.
Familles > Anecdotes.
Familles de militaires > Maine > Biographies > Anecdotes.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Families
Families of military personnel
Manners and customs
Maine > Social life and customs > Anecdotes.
Maine > Mœurs et coutumes > Anecdotes.
Maine
Biographies
Anecdotes
Biographies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Welcome to Maine
  • A lesson in liquids and solids
  • There might not be moose
  • Still looking for moose
  • He who hesitates gets stuck on 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 beaten path in the county
  • Small, local shops make memories
  • Zucchini: plant of horrors
  • A frozen Christmas tree
  • The unsung heroes of Winter
  • Small town life
  • Apologies to the wildlife
  • The mother bird
  • 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 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 capsules
  • First fish, then dog
  • We won a shark
  • Meet Sparky
  • When a dog trains his boy
  • To the littlest boy in striped shirt
  • 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 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 school
  • Baseball
  • 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 101st
  • Mission accomplished
  • Flying: let's try that again
  • FAQs about failed flying attempt
  • Online commenters
  • Lessons for the future.

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