Okay, folks. It’s time you knew. My sister and brother-in-law gave me my own domain name as a gift, and I am fiddling around with a new site. There’s still lots to do (I haven’t moved my archives yet, and I’m still figuring out CSS), and I won’t be moving for a [...]

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I promise you, this post was written under the influence of nothing at all

Allergy season has sprung, and I am caught in its clutches. After struggling to go medication-free during this pregnancy, today I gave up the fight and took the allergy pill. It turns out that operating an automobile safely requires me to have functioning eyes, rather than swollen, teary, bloody orbs of itch. [...]

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I am a finalist!

Hey! Did you know that Shannon had a haiku contest?  Haikus about our mothers? And that the prize is $1000 cold, hard American dollars?  And that I am a finalist?  And that I can only win if you, my dear, wonderful readers, will vote for me?
You can read the five finalist poems on Shannon’s site, [...]

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Pernish Parenting

On Pern, parents exist to crush their children’s dreams.
I have been reading Anne McCaffrey’s books about Pern for years. The dragons of Pern, who speak to their riders through mental telepathy, appealed to me when I was an awkward teen. A friend who could understand you without even using words! And could fly! [...]

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I am sooooo pregnant

As if the enormousness of my belly were not enough, consider the following evidence:

Today, I listened to a news piece on the radio about Dora the Explorer.   They were talking about how Latinas are underrepresented in cartoons, and Dora was created to break out of stereotypes and be a capable, curious, problem-solving girl.  I started [...]

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