Squid Knits

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A couple of months ago I bragged about how good I was getting at layering up for cold weather riding. Well today I got dumb. Early in the d...

The New York City high school application process is fraught with stress. First there are months of test preparation for those who want to t...

Over the break I had some major nesting issues. I was like a squirrel who needed to stock up on all sorts of stuff for the winter. I place...

After taking a brief hiatus last year, the Squid on Wheels mileage contest is back! Guess how many miles Squid on Wheels will ride for the p...

When in doubt, take a step back, give up for a little while and then try again. Me. That's kind of been one of my mottos for a while no...

May is student performance month. For us, it started off with the New York City All City High School Concert (Squidette on clarinet), moved ...

This was not one of my goals. Nor was it executed by my nimble fingers. What is it? It's the mascot of the Stuyvesant Computer Science...

It's performance season here at chez squid. At least for Squidette. On Wednesday she performed with the New York City All-City High Sch...

I'd love to show you what I've done this weekend but I keep losing my camera! It reappears, briefly, but disappears when I most wan...

I spent much of yesterday working. Partly on my own class lessons and partly on the administrative stuff that makes up the rest of my work ...

As I sit here and try to compose an appropriate birthday post, I find myself at a loss for words. Instead, tears of happiness and joy cloud...

Summer is over and in a few more days I will have just one more year of being a mother of a pre-teen. Pretty scary. I mean, where did the ...

Belle Vernon, PA to Mckeesport, PA To answer Ina's question, yes, three of us did the ride on Bike Friday folding bikes. The bikes are ...

Ohiopyle, PA to Smithon (Belle Vernon), PA After a comfortable evening in Ohiopyle, we set out once again, this time back the way we had com...

Connellsville, PA to Ohiopyle, PA The day started out overcast and dreary. Since we only had about 20 miles to go for the day, we hung back...

Several days ago we set out on a little adventure. Our goal was to ride a portion of the Great Allegheny Passage. The Passage is a rail-trai...

It has been two years since we last attempted to circumnavigate our home island and, in reality, on this trip, we actually circumcised the i...

They make you laugh, they make you cry, they make you crazy! At 8:20, after dropping off Little Squid, I said good-bye to Squidette as she p...

It's amazing how dry my skin gets given that it spends hours and hours each day slathered in greasy sunscreen. Squidette like humming Sc...