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A Different Take on the Miley Cyrus Affair 27 Aug 2013 | 09:45 am
Image, Wikipedia Commons I didn’t really expect to wade into the pearl-clutching and outrage over Miley Cyrus. But, I’ve been thinking about her all day, and after discussing her notorious VMA perfor...
Revisiting the Good Ole Days 26 Aug 2013 | 01:43 pm
There are two phases in my life I consider to be the “glory days.” 1. College 2. Living in London with Darcy and a group of friends straight out of How I Met Your Mother. But, I think I have been b...
Project Dreamcatcher: The Wrap Up 23 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
I’ve been late posting this conclusion to Project Dreamcatcher. I didn’t know how to close it up, strong. Finally, I discovered the missing link. Literally. See below for that. My own personal goal w...
Hoaxed: When Do Internet Lies Matter and When Do They Not? 22 Aug 2013 | 11:21 am
Every few months, it seems, there are a few stories that come out of the depths of the Internet, go viral, then are found to be untrue. Some examples: - Warrior Eli - Other Side of The Rainbow (Ful...
My Little Babies Are All Growns Up 21 Aug 2013 | 10:15 am
(A virtual Dirty Martini with many olives to the first reader to correctly identify the movie my headline references.) I remember when you were tiny, with rolls of fat on your legs. I remember that a...
Summer’s End 16 Aug 2013 | 05:58 am
The Annual Family Lake Tahoe Photo For the first time ever, I’ve come to this blog without a fully-formed Athena (TM: April) post. I always know how a post will begin, develop and end before I write ...
Cheryl Strayed, Toughness and What is Feminism Now? 6 Aug 2013 | 02:37 am
Loribeth and Esperanza had both mentioned they enjoyed Cheryl Strayed’s memoir Wild, and as we’ve begun the painstaking preparation for a family camping trip next month (WHY so much gear? Why so expen...
Living in An Enneagram World 30 Jul 2013 | 06:50 am
I think I mentioned a while back that I took an Enneagram personality test, via Project Progeny. The results? I’m a type four, an “Individualist.” I didn’t enjoy reading the personality description. I...
The Courage of Our Convictions? 21 Jul 2013 | 11:16 am
We just wrapped up a long family vacation in Lake Tahoe. Lake Tahoe is one of those destinations I have been to more years than not: as a child, as a student, as an adult and finally now, as a parent....
An Apology 14 Jul 2013 | 01:02 pm
I’m back to using my iPad, as I’m on vacation. Forgive me for any typos, etc. Thank you, all, for your respectful comments and discussions on my last post. I’ve been thinking a lot about the birth p...
