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Tiny snow

Posted in Mostly about parenting, tagged , on 5 February 2013 | 4 Comments »

The twins are talking more and more, and stringing words together into almost-sentences.  They’re still big into nouns (like sock or shoe) and prepositions that are really commands (like on! or off!) but a few verbs are sneaking in (like sit and eat).  The word of the week, however, is an adjective: tiny. I introduced [...]

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Two pees in a pod

Posted in Mostly about parenting, tagged on 10 January 2013 | 1 Comment »

So after that last post you might be expecting something big and revolutionary.  I kind of am too … but the more I think about it the more intimidating the prospect becomes and the less inclined I am to write anything at all.  So instead I’m going to write about what’s on my mind and [...]

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Head colds, meerkats and living in the present

Posted in - Balancing parenthood and ..., ... Writing, Mostly about parenting, tagged , , , on 24 November 2012 | 1 Comment »

Since the twins were born — nearly 22 months ago — I’ve been living in the present.  I can’t fret too much about what the future holds when each day is crammed with so many challenges and triumphs — both theirs as growing homo sapiens and mine as a mother and a writer.  Many of [...]

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Watching Mildred Pierce and thinking about daughters

Posted in Films, Mostly about (pop) culture, Mostly about parenting, tagged , , , , , , on 9 September 2012 | 2 Comments »

Last night I watched the last episode of the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce. At first it took me a while to get into it.  I had seen the original, but quite a long time ago, so I both remembered it and didn’t.  Occasionally a shot would jump out at me — or a particular dress [...]

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Nothing special, except …

Posted in - Balancing parenthood and ..., ... Writing, Mostly about parenting, Mostly about writing, tagged , , , on 6 September 2012 | 5 Comments »

It’s a heavy, grey, drizzly day and nothing special is happening. Well, nothing happily special.  It’s not exactly special that my beloved spouse pulled his back and has been unable to pick up the twins for several days.  It’s not exactly special that one twin decided that now is the time for acute separation anxiety [...]

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The twins learn a new language: Cicada!

Posted in Mostly about parenting, tagged , , on 16 August 2012 | 2 Comments »

The twins don’t say much these days — at least not in a language I can understand.  Most of their discernible English words describe food or each other, which seems appropriate for 17-month-old twins.  But then one of them heard the cicadas churning away in a tree outside their window and they added a new [...]

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What to get a pregnant friend?

Posted in Mostly about parenting, Mostly about stuff (like, physical stuff), tagged , , , , on 12 August 2012 | 5 Comments »

A non-pregnant friend recently asked me this question and I thought I’d answer it.  These are things that I enjoyed or wished I had enjoyed during my pregnancy but, of course, other pregnant women will be into other things.  So please take these suggestions with a pinch of salt and enjoy shopping for your particular [...]

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