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Chambana AKA Blogging Capital Of The Midwest

January 29, 2009

I sat at our local Little Gym today, nose in my book, deliciously unfettered. The baby was home with the sitter, rare for a Thursday, but The Poo had an appointment after class and I didn’t want him to distract me from focusing on the girl.
I managed to groom myself this morning, a minor miracle [...]

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The New Radicals

July 23, 2008

I’m as empty as the cornhusks that float into our yard in the fall months.
My words are being saved up right now, saved for the paid work that requires me to float lightly over my keyboard, engaging a sense of humor that is, for the most part, dormant at the moment.
I’ve entered the phase of [...]

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What Happens At Preschool Stays At Preschool – Unless You Blog

March 27, 2008

A few months ago I learned that the president of The Poo’s cooperative preschool reads my blog.
While the moment of her revelation nearly gave me a heart attack (as several preschool-related posts ran through my mind and my life flashed before my eyes), the connection has been a good one. She even started her own [...]

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Quandary

March 16, 2008

Things have been a little slight around here lately.
I have plenty of emotional battles going on inside my heart – the strong desire to wrap my body around my daughter 24/7 in anticipation of having another small person to care for; the push-pull I’m feeling about her growing up before my eyes; and the future [...]

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The Kindness Of Not-Quite Strangers

December 17, 2007

This has been a trying month.
The Poo turned three, and with that came a sea change in her. Her equilibrium is off, and therefore so is mine. She’s been really sick, and so have I. Christmas is stressful for us in so many ways, and I know this is also affecting her mood and behavior.
It’s [...]

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NaBloKilMeNow

November 7, 2007

My Google Reader tried to kill me in my sleep last night.
My eyes are blurred and my head is buzzing and Thursday I have to be the “B” parent at preschool (B stands for bathroom and people, we’re talkin’ two-year-olds here, 12 of ‘em) and I am on deadline … crap. I mean, I just [...]

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Back To Basics

October 7, 2007

If you really want to put the zap on your blogging mojo, you should rush out and read The Cult Of The Amateur: How Today’s Internet Is Killing Our Culture, by Andrew Keen.
I was cleaning the bathrooms and listening to our local public radio station (very, very glamorous, no?), when Keen was on air discussing [...]

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