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Via Home With Penelope (Owl Mother’s Journal) I read A Good Enough Birth; A Good Enough Parent by Rebecca Steinitz at Literary Mama:

While I concede that our medicalized birthing practices have their shortcomings,the pressure for natural childbirth has its own problems, not the least of which is that it fosters the idea [...]

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Tonight was the first “Ready, Set, Relax Family Night” on Bainbridge Island “unscheduled” by the Just Know Bainbridge Coalition for Youth and Parents. The school district and local businesses helped sponsor the occasion. No homework. No after-school sports. Instead families were encouraged to spend the extra time together. The bookstore served cookies [...]

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This morning I found Elisabeth walking around the kitchen with chunks of butter on her fingers. I didn’t know where she had found it. I wondered what I had missed when trying to clean up the kitchen the night before. My housekeeping skills are not spectacular or perfect; perhaps I had missed a pat of [...]

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Today I had to take Home Comforts back to the library so last night I was up a bit late skimming through chapters and typing out some thoughts into a post. Since I wrote last night, I’ve been thinking more about the book. While the detailed information can be overwhelming, I also thought it was [...]

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This is the second time I’ve picked up this tome entitled Home Comforts: The Art & Science of Keeping House by Cheryl Mendelson. I first heard of it on NPR years ago. I checked it out and skimmed some chapters before it was due again at the library. Ted is the one who reserved this [...]

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It’s spring in The Netherlands, as Jorrit Wiersma described on A beautiful morning :

The good thing about how daylight saving time is making us all get up an hour early today is all the birds singing that I heard this morning.
And it’s spring in Missouri, as Shelley Powers wrote about Transitions:

Spring didn’t [...]

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Today when we went to Abigail’s dance class we learned that this would be the last one. Although the class was offered in the island’s Parks and Recreation District catalog for spring session - we had signed up for it yesterday - it has since been cancelled. We had heard that there would [...]

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From today’s Seattle Times Bureau launders money to make sure it’ll last :
Andrew Wilson throws his own special load of laundry into the wash: eight white cotton terry towels, 2-1/3 ounces of powdered laundry detergent — and 25 crisp U.S. greenbacks.
Wash, rinse and spin. When the load is done, it’s not the towels he [...]

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Sunday night we stepped outside to see the stars and planets. A bit late, perhaps to see what’s been on display for days, but at least it was a clear night and I remembered to go look. The girls and I stood out on the porch, bare feet on the cold concrete, staring up at [...]

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In a recent post at misbehaving.net: Intimate communities: social/emotional support, technology and the gender divide , danah boyd asked:

Historically and broadly speaking, men and women have different types of social networks and use them for different purposes. For example, most men don’t have any trusted emotional confidante other than their wife. Men use [...]

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