February 2012
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Annie Leibovitz is just like me.*
Essentially, I am young. Young in my work, young in my life. But excuse me for a moment if I stop to feel f*cking old and tired. Top two on my list of Things That Exhaust: 1. Worry. 2. Worry about my children.  If I could just win the lottery. I wouldn’t have to worry anymore. I wouldn’t have to work, so I could sleep more, and not be so tired all the time. I would be around more for...
Feb 19th
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January 2012
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December 2011
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Anita: On Coke.
Meet Anita, my fabulous cousin and occasional blog contributor. Take it away cuz! So, my first blog post. I could start by introducing myself and talking about what I do, but that’s boring, and I just don’t want to. Instead, I am going to talk about Something What I Love: Coca-Cola.  For inspiration I have just poured myself a glass of coke. It’s a disappointing glass. And this is the problem with...
Dec 7th
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November 2011
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Dear Little One
Please, stop talking now. Go to sleep. Rubs back. Yep okay. I am tired. (Yawns) Good Girl. Can I have some water? Yes, I’ll bring some. Go to sleep. I love you. I love you too. I think I still have glitter in my eye. Today Mykayla pushed Poppy. George didn’t do maths. I did maths. By myself. Shhhh. Sleep. I love you. I love you too. Stop talking. Okay. Not another word. ...
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WatchWatch
I love this talk by Creative Crazy Kate Bingaman Burt.
Nov 12th
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Nov 8th
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Nov 1st
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October 2011
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Oct 15th
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Oct 15th
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Abraham Lincoln's letter to his son's teacher
He will have to learn, I know,  that all men are not just, all men are not true. But teach him also that  for every scoundrel there is a hero; that for every selfish Politician,  there is a dedicated leader… Teach him for every enemy there is a  friend, Steer him away from envy, if you can, teach him the secret of quiet laughter. Let him learn early that  the bullies are the easiest to...
Oct 13th
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You can learn a lot from a Kinky Friedman novel.
For example: St Dymphna The patron saint of the mentally ill and emotionally afflicted. According to everyone’s favourite only encyclopedia, Dymphna was the daughter of a 7th Century Irish Chief (Pagan) and his beautiful (Christian) wife. After her mother died, Dymphna was murdered by her father for refusing to marry him and take the place of the wife he had lost. She was martyred for...
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September 2011
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Thingswhatsmallpersonssay:
“Yep…Eventually I realised they were too big.” — Smallest person in the house on being questioned by her Mama about whether she got her lumpy socks/uncomfortable shoe situation sorted on the way to her New Entrants class.  From the annals of: “Excuse me very small person, who exactly ARE you?”
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