Family

Rebuilding an Old Barn

  • October
  • 17

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Behind my in law’s home in Holland Michigan lies a old chicken barn. The low 100 foot long barn has been used to house horses for the past 30+ years. In that time, it had never been well refitted for horses, and suffered a bit for it.
Over the past two years, [...]

12 year old’s presentation on why she needs a cellphone.

  • May
  • 16

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Katie took an evening to write a presentation and call a “family meeting”. Here’s her argument for a cellphone.

MY TOP REASONS WHY I NEED I CELL PHONE!!!!
by katie hoffswell
Reason 1, After School Activities
Since I am now in 6th grade and have after school activities to go [...]

Katie and Pete Podcast

  • January
  • 21

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Interview with Katie -

Katie and Dad discuss Podcasting and the Podsafe Music Network.
Songs by:

The Egerton Boyz

Tom Waits

Brain Buckit

Katie and I used Castblaster, two microphones and music from the PMN to create this show. I am using the demo of Castblaster, that limits me to 10 mintes. Tom Waits sang on [...]

A Pony for Christmas

  • December
  • 27

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Maggie was pretty surprised when she got a pony for for Christmas. She didn’t even ask for one!

Liz, in working to get a horse trailier, just happened to stumble across a great pony. Nicky is a 13 year old, with an excellent temperment. She came from Dalton, Michigan, where Santa keeps [...]

Maggie Dances

  • December
  • 12

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Maggie had danced. She’s a very good dancer. She had lots of fun.

Mahomet Razzle Dazzle

  • November
  • 2

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Mahomet is the name of the town where Marilee and Harvey Hoffswell live. Mahomet is a somewhat less common spelling for Muhammad (Mohammed, or Mohamed).
I did find this today. The USS Mahomet -

What is interesting, besides the name, is that it is painted with WWI Razzle Dazzle, a enemy-fooling optical illusion paintjob.
There’s a [...]

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