From the monthly archives: March 2012
I am really not very quick to pick up on trends. I always watch old movies and read last years’ best sellers. In school I was always last to know about who kissed who and I don’t even pretend to follow music or fashion. Then I stumble across something and I’m all excited and everybody […]
Ah, people with kids. Don’t you love them?
Now, while mothers are different, I’ve noticed a few similarities. Within a spectrum, but still.
First the woman gets pregnant. If it is her first pregnancy, she reads a lot of books about pregnancy and talks a a lot about how she feels, how far along […]
On this, the 101st International Woman’s Day, I shall sit home with my sick kid and watch “Cars” for the 1000th time. While I wipe a tiny snot-nose, why don’t you read this article from The Independent – it explores the best places to be a woman today. And the worst. How my heart aches for […]
I recently took a journalism class where on of the writing exercises went like this:
Think of a public person that you really dislike. Take two minutes to write down all the stuff you don’t like about him or her. Mannerisms, views, values, appearance, whatever it is. Everything. Get it on paper. Got it?
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We humans really are herd animals. With only small variations, people who have the same age do much the same things. Well, this is true in my circle of friends, anyway. There was that summer we went to 5 weddings. Then came the year when everyone was preggers. Then everyone had baby number two.
In […]
