I was reading at Roundrock Journal and musing about meteor impacts, when I remembered a cool word: astrobleme - meaning star wound - and the official word for the crater left by a meteor impact.

Today was the Oklahoma Natural Parenting Homeschoolers park day. It was a little on the hot side but we had a great time.

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On Friday, we took a field trip to the University of Oklahoma Medieval Fair, the annual event which for three days every year magically transforms Reaves Park in the college town of Norman, Oklahoma, into an authentic park with a Medieval Fair.

Here are five-sevenths of our entourage, standing among the authentic Medieval straw bales. Abby and I are not pictured. You can more or less see Trixie’s ankle.

Princess Faith (see the crown?) tripped and skinned her knee on some authentic Medieval pine needles.

Faith and Abby rode authentic Medieval ponies…

…and an authentic Medieval elephant,…

…and posed for a Polaroid with “Cyaine,” the authentic Medieval mermaid.

And their faces broke out in authentic Medieval paint. (It seems to have mostly cleared up by the next day.)

So long, Medieval Fair. See you next year.