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Being the Good Enough Mother
I had an odd experience yesterday: I had a moment of feeling… oh… what’s the word? I’ve felt it before, but it is rare and fleeting. Ah, yes. That’s it… accomplished! And what brought me to this...
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My Exact Words Were…
So I said, ” As long as the peas are staked by the time I get home, I don’t care if there is a giant pair of pants in my front yard…”
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Goings On
A Photo roundup of the week in these parts: Crocodiles in the pie plates Penguins on patrol: Cat on patrol Next to our favourite rock: And everything is A-OK.
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Advocacy? Me?
Welcome to the April Carnival of Natural Parenting: Compassionate Advocacy This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama....
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A Grand Scheme
After ten straight hours of bingeing on chocolate eggs, what eventually hatched was a scheme. Lacking a phaeton-and-four, it was a simple plan. (The author has just finished a Jane Austen book, and is...
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The Mouths of Babes
It has been a strange week in the world of The Dilettante, and my writing has suffered as a result. On the other hand, I had a chance to reconnect with old friends, eat fabulous restaurant food, and...
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Spring Comes, Eventually, With Birds
We’re just going to pretend May didn’t exist, ‘k? I might talk about it sometime, but suffice it to say that it was a month of profound imbalance, lived largely in vehicles and including an astonishing...
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I hear there are these phone things
I just would like to announce that my 5 weeks of being offline have led me to purchase a smart phone. This is where I am: Technology is quite mad, you know. I don’t know how to stand the picture up,...
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There are silver linings, really there are
On the plus side, the four hours of repacking I’ve done today have been rendered much more a) urgent, and b) effective by the necessity of abandoning the rental car a day earlier than expected. I had...
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Wordless Wednesday: Playing Science
I particularly like the fluffy slippers with rhinestones. Nice touch for the lab. Examining. Something. "Now, look thoughtful," she said.
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An Afternoon with Arthur
I looked out the window on Saturday during “post-tropical storm Arthur” and noticed that there were small-to-middling sized branches on the ground all around my car. I was concerned about the windows....
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