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Finding Your People

#reverb10 Day 7: Community. Where have you discovered community, online or otherwise, in 2010? What community would you like to join, create or more deeply connect with in 2011?(author: Cali Harris) I found two communities this year. The Moms and … Continue reading

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Remembering the Strip Mall, Now Fenced For Destruction

There used to be a children’s consignment store there, all wooden animals and spinning tops made of tin and racks of clothes at the back and I would go in with you, when there was only one of you, and … Continue reading

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Notes From Mother’s Journal: How to Defeat a Cold In Five Easy Steps

1. Take vitamins If the magic juice with four grillion micrograms of vitamin C is half price, buy it and drink it. It’s so magic, it says on the bottle not to drink more than a cup a day. Believe … Continue reading

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The Beach

Now that we live in the Mizzle, I no longer make a pilgrimage to Second Beach at English Bay. Vancouver beaches are too far to go with kids. One kid, maybe. Two kids, no. It’s OK, we have our own … Continue reading

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First Visit to ManLand

I have recorded at length my own experiences with haircuttery. I have not really said much about the kids’ hair. Here’s the lowdown: – I cut their hair myself – until it’s too awful and then we take them to … Continue reading

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