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Welcome My name is Shannon Taylor. I'm a writer and mother of four in Prescott, Wisconsin. I post about all the elements that go into creating a mom's year. About Home The Fine Print Subscribe Featured Posts Lexie’s Heart-on-a-String Hat Book of the Week: Bird by Bird We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Broadcast Real Dream or Pipe Dream? What’s Your Tap Class? | Recent Comments Shannon: Also. For the candy-bar wrappers, we just used computer paper and red construction paper (not the fancier... Shannon: I’m glad it looks organized, Stephanie, because I’m not naturally organized at all. I have to do... Stephanie: Talk about organised! I don’t think I’ve bought all last year’s Christmas presents yet!... Ado: Hi Shannon, FYI we gave you a shout-out on our Facebook page (The Momalog Blog). (-: Ado: Since my husband is from Ireland I’m wondering if this leprechaun trap will apply to him also? PS: I love... Site search March 2011 MTWT F S S « Feb 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Categories Books (RSS) Community (RSS) Cooking (RSS) Decorating (RSS) Fashion (RSS) Fitness (RSS) Gifts (RSS) Holidays (RSS) If Mama Ain't Happy (RSS) Inspiration (RSS) Kid Activities (RSS) Knitting (RSS) Music (RSS) Occasions (RSS) Organizing (RSS) Parenting (RSS) Traditions (RSS) Wanderlust (RSS) Favorites Design Mom i am baker inchmark Marta Writes One Charming Party One Ordinary Day Red Sofa Literary Agency Say Yes to Hoboken The Purl Bee Tollipop Urban Comfort Writer Mama King Tut and Arabic Groove We went to see Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs at the MN Science Museum over the weekend. What a great exhibit. We learned about the pharaohs of ancient Egypt and saw more than 100 artifacts from 3,000 years ago. The mind boggles. It was fascinating to hear the story of Howard Carter, who unearthed King Tut’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings in 1922. His is a story of how “way leads on to way”—he started as a young artist hired to assist with recording an excavation and ended up heading the team that made one of the greatest discoveries of all time. Share

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Welcome

My name is Shannon Taylor. I'm a

writer and mother of four in

Prescott, Wisconsin. I post about

all the elements that go into

creating a mom's year.

About

Home

The Fine Print

Subscribe

Featured Posts

Lexie’s Heart-on-a-String Hat

Book of the Week: Bird by Bird

We Interrupt Our RegularlyScheduled Broadcast

Real Dream or Pipe Dream?

What’s Your Tap Class?

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Recent Comments

Shannon: Also. For the candy-barwrappers, we just used computerpaper and red construction paper(not the fancier...

Shannon: I’m glad it looksorganized, Stephanie, because I’mnot naturally organized at all. Ihave to do...

Stephanie: Talk about organised!I don’t think I’ve bought all lastyear’s Christmas presents yet!...

Ado: Hi Shannon, FYI we gave youa shout-out on our Facebook page(The Momalog Blog). (-:

Ado: Since my husband is fromIreland I’m wondering if thisleprechaun trap will apply to himalso? PS: I love...

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King Tut and Arabic Groove

We went to see Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs at the MN Science Museum over

the weekend. What a great exhibit. We learned about the pharaohs of ancient Egypt and saw more than

100 artifacts from 3,000 years ago. The mind boggles. It was fascinating to hear the story of Howard

Carter, who unearthed King Tut’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings in 1922. His is a story of how “way leads

on to way”—he started as a young artist hired to assist with recording an excavation and ended up heading

the team that made one of the greatest discoveries of all time.

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My favorite artifact was this shabti. We read about shabti in Rick Riordan’s book, The Red Pyramid, so it

was cool to see one in real life. A shabti is a small human figurine that represents a person who would

perform a given task for the deceased in the afterlife. In other words, the pharaohs and other rich folks

had a bunch of these little clay figures buried with them so they wouldn’t have to do any work in the

afterlife. Needless to say, I’ll be making some out of play dough to tuck in with me so someone else can

wash the dishes and do laundry in Heaven.

The museum’s sound system had Putumayo’s Arabic Groove playing in the background. We first heard the

CD a few years ago during a visit to the Children’s Museum. It’s the sort of music you can’t help dancing

to, so I bought a CD. I hadn’t listened to it for a while, but I’ve dusted it off. The music gets me moving

since I don’t have any shabti to do all my work. Yet. If you like to read about adventurers with a mission

to make the world a better place, check out this interview with Putumayo’s founder Dan Storper here.

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