“Eat. Pray. Love.” by Elizabeth Gilbert —— A Book Review (sort of)

So I finished it. That book I was dead set against liking. And I liked it – more than liked it. “Eat. Pray. Love.” by Elizabeth Gilbert. I know, I know, it has “pray” in the title. It almost kept me from reading it. Being raised fire and brimstone [...]

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On being a sister…

Autumn: Mama, these Triceratops are sisters.
Me: Did you know that Aunt Missa and Aunt Britt are my sisters?
Autumn: Yes.
Me: Would like to be a sister?
Autumn: NO! I want to be a rogue cat – all by myself.

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Goodnight Moon

On Saturday Aunt Missa, Autumn and I went to “Goodnight Moon” at the Seattle Children’s Theater. Autumn was mesmerized. She sat, stared, commented and was totally in love with the theater. Her favorite part – the talking fire in the great green room. She just couldn’t get over how the book [...]

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A New Voice Brings Hope

Barack Obama’s Official Announcement

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Reading the Winter Days Away

“Poetry Speaks to Children” (A non-flowery collection of poetry read by the poets themselves – book and cd – and I think I love it more than Autumn does!!!) – Actually the publisher of this book sent me a free copy so that I would reveiw it here, on my blog, and I said [...]

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RIP Molly Ivins

From Molly Ivins last column – January 12, 2007:
“We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell. Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. Make our [...]

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