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ABC’s Supernanny Looking for Blended Families
Our friends at Stepfamily Talk Radio sent this information our way: Are you and your ex sharing custody? Are the rules between the two households different? Are your stepchildren having a hard time adjusting…
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My Feet May Wander Nashville but My Heart Lives in New Orleans
It’s the beginning of Mardi Gras and I am so pleased to see New Orleans making their way back toward the routines that make the city great. There was a lot of doubt and…
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Schizophrenia, Aging and Art
Cornell University has an intriguing section of their website that looks at schizophrenia, aging and art. The site captures the art of William Kurelek during his early onset of schizophrenia. It also highlights Louis…
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It Doesn’t Grow On Trees…
Since we don’t have a lot of it, we find it important to talk to our kids (mainly our eldest) about money — specifically regarding the important means of aquiring and the careful decision…
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Writer’s Almanac
For years I have listened to Writer’s Almanac on NPR. Today, as I dropped my son off at school, I remembered a particularly striking poem that was featured on one of their segments. It…
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Family Ties
I think I have finally gotten over worrying about becoming my mother. It took me almost three decades, but I am (almost) there. I have spent a lot of time wondering where this common…
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Urinals and Mustached Mona Lisas
National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. is holding an exhibition devoted to some of the most famous works out of the Dada period. It is refreshing for me, someone who has taught art…
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Broken Teeth and Bullies
My son after his broken tooth was pulled – his face still scratched up a bit My son goes to school with a boy, we’ll call him “bob”, who has quite a proclivity toward…
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Raising a Sharp Toothed Carnivore
When my son turned three and after a year of studying anything dinosaur related, he very exuberantly said to me that since he did indeed have sharp teeth that he wasn’t meant to be…
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It’s Valentine’s Day. Ho Hum.
While we were getting ready for bed last night my husband, with foamy toothbrush in mouth, says to me “So, do you wanna just go in on a Valentine’s Day presents for each other…