These past few days I was once again reminded how fragile life is and that in reality all our days on planet Earth are numbered no matter how often we tell ourselves hip platitudes like 40 is the new 20, 60 is the new 40 and so on. The hard cold reality is that all humans regardless of race, economics, …
Nothing like the use of a stereotype to get folks riled up. In the case of the Milk Board and the Got Milk campaign, a series of shall we say interesting ads claiming that milk can lessen the symptoms of PMS and that women who are suffering from PMS are emotional whack jobs pissed off a great deal of people, …
In the past year or so in the world of Mommy bloggers there has been a growing chorus of mothers discussing the rights of children. There are many who feel that children are perceived as second class citizens and that such blatant discrimination must stop…immediately. I must admit as a mother I have very mixed feelings on whether or not …
After what is starting to feel like a never ending stream of hot days, this old song by rapper Nelly popped into my mind. However unlike in this song if I take off all my clothes it’s to stand in a cold shower and get a few minutes of relief. Funny thing is compared to most of my friends in …
I often find myself thinking that in today’s world of hands on, feel good, kids first parenting that there is one key item that many of us are forgetting as parents. The goal is to raise healthy well-adjusted kids who become healthy well-adjusted adults. No matter how it feels at times, kids do grow up. I know firsthand when you …
Lovely readers let me warn you upfront, I am operating on little sleep and a wicked case of PMS. So I fully admit in this state, I tend to operate on a maximum level of bitchiness. If that bothers you please leave this page at once and return when I am shooting unicorns and roses out of my asshole. This …
Lately I find myself feeling old, and despite what some say feeling old is not necessarily a bad thing. I have no desire to be young forever, with age comes wisdom or at least that is the I tell myself. So what’s got me feeling old today? Well the girl child is getting ready to celebrate her sixth year of …
This was the type of weekend that reminds me of why I continue to live in Maine…warm days, comfortable nights and plain old fun stuff to do. I have had a few post ideas brewing in my head but with a busy schedule ahead and a book review due by week’s end on a book that is boring me to …
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Happy Friday! It’s a gorgeous day up in my corner of the world and way too beautiful to be writing a blog post today. So I present you with the Friday Round-Up a list of blog posts this week from other bloggers that blew my mind. Perhaps if you need to kill some time or have a quiet moment you can check them out. http://ravingblacklunatic.blogspot.com/ Check out this cat, I have been a fan of his work forever. http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/ Good stuff here as well http://sweetersalt.com/ A Maine blogger who talks fashion and food…the best of both worlds http://paganchild-starmommy.blogspot.com/2011/03/keeping-focused.html A new blog that offers words of wisdom for all of us. http://mscleaver.com/ Another Mainer who for Lent is giving up pants, she is also a crafty gal If you have any links to good blogs, feel free to leave em. It’s my hope to make the Friday Round Up a regular feature at my new home specifically I would live to shine some light and love on smaller bloggers. It’s hard out here in this blogosphere with so many good blogs to choose from and so little time so let’s help everyone get a slice of the pie. I will be back on Monday, at that time I will unveil some ideas I have around monetizing things but You May Also Like: No related posts.
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