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	<title>Tucson Mama &#187; essays</title>
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		<title>Storm watch</title>
		<link>http://www.tucsonmama.com/2010/07/08/storm-watch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rain prediction contest is still on! (Sorry, Melissa, there is no overwhelming support for &#8220;calling it&#8221; after the quick downpour last week. I think we are longing for something substantial, something urban-metro-wide, something involving at least one road closure.) 
In any case, we&#8217;re still waiting, y&#8217;hear?

I love these summer clouds, love our local park, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So sweet</title>
		<link>http://www.tucsonmama.com/2010/03/08/so-sweet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lovely musing on inadvertent cosleeping (for lack of a better phrase&#8211;what else to call it? when the kids end up in your bed?)
I was just thinking about this the other day&#8211;about how we don&#8217;t usually know that something is happening for the Last Time. And also about sleep, how it&#8217;s sort of completely crazy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read up</title>
		<link>http://www.tucsonmama.com/2010/03/01/read-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s about time for my regular round of links to articles I&#8217;ve read/liked lately. Note that I rarely post reviews of books that I read. That is, of course, because I rarely read books. I used to, but no more.
So without further ago, the incomparable Virginia Heffernan, on digital photography and parenting.
(She also write a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Babies in bars</title>
		<link>http://www.tucsonmama.com/2010/01/18/babies-in-bars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As most of you know, I like the beer. If you&#8217;re an in-real-life friend or relative, you see me drink beer, how shall we say this, with great appreciation. Even if you know me only through TucsonMama, astute reading will lead you to conclude that, yes, I enjoy my beer. 
And we go out a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sirens</title>
		<link>http://www.tucsonmama.com/2009/11/04/the-sirens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I loved this essay by Peggy Orenstein, on how the internet, while it provides limitless information, may inhibit actual knowledge. 
And I&#8217;m liking the sound of that Freedom software&#8230;
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