Other Voices, Other Rooms

I have been reading so many different voices in the blogosphere that I am having a little trouble finding my own.  A little rest is in order.
I have a week’s worth of posts scheduled, so there will still be new posts here every day, but I won’t be reading anyone else’s blog for at least [...]

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Link Round-up

A scandalous essay from Theodore Dalrymple, a non-religious person, claiming that religion inspires more goodness in people than non-religion (hat tip to Wittingshire).
If you are a working mom or consider becoming one, check out the series that Becky at deepmuckbigrake.com is doing on Working Mother magazine’s list of so-called best companies for working mothers. [...]

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Letter to My Teenage Self

Dear Teen Veronica,
You will never like Woody Allen movies. It’s okay to stop trying.
You will never make God love you by being good enough. You can’t. God already loves you, and it’s got nothing to do with what you do or don’t do. Once you believe that, it will change your [...]

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Things I Fantasize About

I admitted in my previous post that I fantasize about making sure every little drop of gasoline makes it into my car, and it made me think. I have all sorts of fantasies I have never told you about.
And no, I do not mean the fat comedian kind.
So here is a list of [...]

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Envy

The girls and I went near my old apartment the other day to eat ice cream. We sat in the brightly lit shop in the pedestrian neighborhood. There was a family with a young boy at the next table, the father telling stories about his last business trip to Brazil. At the other [...]

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