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Longest Lead Up To Cute Kid Video Ever Tires Mother, Causes Wine Drinking Instead of Editing

“Tell me more things I said when I was a baby,” he says. We are walking home from the park, just before lunchtime. “Hm,” I say. “Well, you said “coke” instead of “milk” for the longest time…” He bursts into … Continue reading

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The Mall

When I started running with the group at my workplace, many years ago, I bought a watch for timing myself. Not wind sprints or anything but I was learning to run using the “run one minute / walk four minutes … Continue reading

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What Happened Next

I chose: – desk & bedroom – to work on the novel, when I have a surface to write on (which is now, yay!) – any day now, running, as soon as I find the digital watch with the timer … Continue reading

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It’s Not Really About Toilet Training. Of Course Not.

I don’t want to talk about toilet training. Other than my own labour stories I don’t really like to get into discussions of bodily fluids. Plus I consider it somebody else’s business. My kid’s business. Which, as he grows older, … Continue reading

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Here Comes the Fun

Those of you who follow my every move on twitter or facebook (all of you, right?) know that I tried a different parenting tactic today. I tried being as crazy as fuck, just like my kids, to see how that … Continue reading

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