Mother. Writer. Aging Rebel. Eternal Optimist
From the category archives:
Today is a great day for me because Zen Habits has published an article I wrote called The User’s Guide to Fabulous Friendships.I’m a big fan of Leo’s and am quite chuffed he asked me to guest post. Zen Habits not only has great articles, it has a very involved community of readers and [...]
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I so wish I was jumping for joy like this fella in the photo. In fact, I’d settle for walking around the house without coughing and having my nose run everywhere. After twelve days of a stinking, mangy flu, I’m not feeling my usual sunny self and I am ever so slowly losing my mind!
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When I was a girl, my dad would play the guitar for my brother and I and sing our favorite folk songs before we went to sleep. He rarely yelled when we were in trouble and he was big on the “I’m disappointed in you” stare. For me, there was nothing worse than daddy being [...]
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I love trivia and learning new things, so I tend to read far and wide. The following is a list of 25 Fast Facts About Women Around the World. Some are quirky, some serious, and others are just downright depressing. I tried to offer a balance of each, and hope that there’s something to make [...]
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I’m going to be honest. I am a big cynic when it comes to Valentines Day. And no, it’s not because my husband never remembers. He does. He’s great with stuff like that. He is just as likely to remember our wedding anniversary as I am, and sometimes when the whim takes him, he’ll even [...]
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PARENTING IS THE HARDEST JOB IN THE WORLD. There is no rule book, it’s a job which receives no sick days or holidays, and there’s that gnawing fear that we may not be doing a good job. That we could, in fact, be stuffing it up entirely.
Children are wonderful. With their trusting hearts, gap-toothed smiles, [...]
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I was reading The Lorax by Dr. Seuss to my son tonight, and as the rhyming text rolled off my tongue in sing-song waves I couldn’t help but marvel at the literary brilliance that was Theodor Seuss Geisel.
The Lorax is not one of his better known books, but it has always been my favorite. It’s [...]
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I found this video on YOUTUBE, where a young guy named Will Albino walks through the Padua Academy in the USA asking the female students there to sign a petition to end women’s suffrage. As you might guess from the title of my post, scores of young women not only sign the petition, but show [...]
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