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Entries from April 2005

When love and sex divorced

April 22nd, 2005 · 8 Comments

Sexuality Education teacher Kathie McCarthy in a piece posted at Bainbridge Buzz expressed her concerns over the definition of being sexual and the intimate activities kids as young as 13 pursue with each other in a casual, recreational way. While not surprised by the separation of sex and love (quoting lyrics from the musical Hair), […]

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Tags: family

Yes, she danced

April 22nd, 2005 · 4 Comments

Saturday night [April 16] my daughter danced on stage in a sold-out show at the Bainbridge Playhouse. In her lavender leotard, Abigail was one of many participating in her ballet studio’s first recital. This was the first time Ted and I sat in the audience and watched one of our children perform. We homeschool and […]

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Tags: family

Won’t you be my whistleblower?

April 22nd, 2005 · 3 Comments

Sounds like Mister Rogers’ song: Won’t you be my neighbor?, doesn’t it? Imagine Reverend Fred strolling into the studio, sitting to exchange his sneakers, adjusting his cardigan and asking his young audience in his consistent theme song: Won’t you be my whistleblower? Then he would stop and slow himself. Whistleblower? What is a whistleblower? Well, […]

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Tags: journal

The Upside of Anger

April 22nd, 2005 · 3 Comments

[written April 11] Through the month, I’ve started to explore anger within my life, seeing the result of rage in new angles and aspects. Coincidentally, a friend asked me if I’d like to go see The Upside of Anger with her on Saturday night [April 9]. For weeks we’d been trying to get out to […]

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Tags: culture

One of my favorite road signs

April 22nd, 2005 · No Comments

One of my favorites, this sign speaks to me of play and fun. It also speaks to me about balance. And blogging….I’m having so much fun this morning, I’m going from one extreme to another, from no posts, to plenty of posts…:-)

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Tags: island