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Crunchy Chicken
I'm a mother of two trying to reduce my impact on the environment. But mostly I'm just clucking around.
Posted about 1 hour ago
G4G Week: Kabondo, Kenya pad distribution
Last month, 70 kits donated by Goods 4 Girls were distributed in Kabondo, Kenya thanks in part to the help of Kabondo Village facilitator Barbara Briggs. This distribution was months in the planning and I'm proud to say that the pads were finally distributed to the girls there. Here is the note I received from the Project Director, Eric Ochanji: Barb Briggs visited our project this week and had -
Crazed Parent
Random riffs of the parenting kind.
Posted about 1 hour ago
10-minute writers: Is he having an affair?...
A few of you have pinged me about needing a little 10-minute writing inspiration. I love you! Writers after my own heart. For today, set your timer for 10 minutes and write about a scene or even that made you uncomfortable -- in a good or bad way. Edit as you go, make it what you want. But you only have 10 minutes. Drop a comment below with a link back to your story. I'll post a round-up next week. *** Three knocks on the glass startled us as my
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Mom-101
I don't know what I'm doing either.
Posted about 2 hours ago
Home Alone
My family is planning a very exciting trip starting this weekend - a drive up the coast, a week in beautiful Prince Edward Island with Grandma and Papa, some beach time, some lobsters, some shell collecting and bird watching. Then finally a leisurely drive back home. There's only one thing holding me back from being excited about it: I'm not going. I'm heartbroken to think that Nate and the -
Big Green Purse
Making our money matter for a greener, safer world.
Posted about 3 hours ago
Check out Maggie's Organic for Back-to-School Fashions
Even after you've cut your shopping budget to the bone, you may still need to get a few things to cover your kids as they head off to school. If so, take a look at Maggie's Organics. The company integrates... -
Pundit Mom
Musings on politics, culture, law and motherhood from a political mom.
Posted about 4 hours ago
DNC on the Homefront: The Clintons Set the Stage for Obama
Both Hillary and Bill Clinton had inspiring speeches at the Democratic Convention this week. And while they clearly have different speaking styles, their speeches had two things in common -- first, they talked in detail about the problems faced by so many Americans, like little or no health care, sending our children to war and trying to earn a living wage.But they also framed this election as a battle to do two things -- rebuild America and restore
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Her Bad Mother
Bad is the new good.
Posted about 4 hours ago
Sunshine, On A Cloudy Day
Update on Zachary below.This is going to sound trite, but I'm going to say it anyway: sometimes, on even the darkest day, a little bit of sunshine bursts through a gap in the clouds and that streak of light - even if it does not have the power to warm cold bones and frigid skin - reminds you that there's blue sky up there somewhere, above and behind and beyond the dark. The smiles of my children - I warned you about the trite - are such bursts of
