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Category: motherhood
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The Invisible Tether
This morning as I made the rounds of the house, waking children, helping them find things, tucking notes into pockets… I noticed that I had a shadow. Everywhere I went, the dog was. She wasn’t up and moving about, she would flop down with an ostentatious sigh, and lie flat until I went to another…
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When Chaos is the New Normal
The human mind likes routine. We complain about being bored, but when allowed, we tend to do things in the same way. For some people, routines are more important than others. For children, they are very important in setting up behaviors and habits that will last them a lifetime. For good or for bad. Sometimes,…
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Rain and Pancakes
For the first time in a month, it’s not going to be over 80 degrees today. That may not seem like much to my friends and family in more southern climes (I’m looking at you, Texas), but it’s been hot and miserably hot here. We have had a lovely summer vacation that is winding to…
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The Geeky Kids Cool Off
As promised, the first in the short summer series of fun activities to do with your geeky kids. Unfortunately, because of the heat, we haven’t been doing much, really, except that there has been a lot of reading. And we’ve been making ice cream. The Little Man started the first recipe, by wanting me to…
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Mother’s Day
It’s the day we celebrate motherhood. I am a mother myself, and I find that today I am remembering those first months of motherhood, before the birth, when I was trying my best to prepare as much as possible for what was coming. I couldn’t possibly prepare myself, but I tried, reading books, talking to…
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Art Stories, with a special guest appearance
I was delighted to learn that my daily art yesterday reminded Julie Pascal of a story she had written. You can read it at her blog, and I recommend you do, it’s very good. Like many short pieces, it will leave you thinking ‘what comes next?’ but it’s satisfying in its entirety. The Ship was all…
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Fierce Old Women Book List
A while back someone shared a question in a group I’m part of. And we all talked about feisty old women in fiction, and this list was born. It’s another book list, but it’s not a long one, and the old ladies are not always the hero of the piece. Some of them are arguably…
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To my Daughter, on the Occasion of her 17th Birthday,
I don’t anticipate that you will read this, or understand. Actually, in some ways I hope you never understand. It’s difficult, to tell you what you need to know, since you are so distant now. Perhaps I should have said more, sooner, but your childhood was precious to me, and I did not desire to…
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The Incredible, Edible, Rise of Civilization
Sarah Hoyt published my essay on food and its connection to the world as we know it over at According to Hoyt today. It always comes back to food. It’s not just my personal pleasure in cooking, eating, and feeding others. It is literally the foundation of the human condition: good food and plenty of…
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The Rational, Thinking Woman
Guest post written by Lissa Hailey. Cedar: Lissa posted this on her facebook timeline and tagged me in it, then graciously allowed me to put it up here on my blog. I think it’s an excellent essay on the personal impact of feminism. As most of my readers know, I wasn’t raised in mainstream American…
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Lessons Learned
I don’t think anyone is ever quite ready to become a parent. We try, read all the books, game out the scenarios of what we’d do when confronted with a certain situation. But when it comes down to it, you need two things: a sense of discipline, and a sense of humor. I’m going to…