I hope it is toward a disaster. I hope the winkin’ and stuff doesn’t help move them toward victory.
Thanks to our friend Jesse for this piece from The Guardian.
(but the author wrote “preceded” where she should have used “proceeded”, and it’s bugging me–but maybe the spelling/usage is different in the UK? Rachel?)
Okay, and one more [...]

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Oh, I love you, Sandra. Have a listen.

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Announcing the official launch of the YogaMamaMe web site, created by one of our great friends, and an amazing writer and yoga teacher, Melissa Cole Essig. Here is the good word:
Come join a community of women and men searching for mindfulness in a life that can make you lose your mind.
Whether you are mothering a [...]

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Here’s some information on a local nonprofit. Seems like a great organization!
From One Mother To Another is a Tucson based nonprofit committed to the children in our community. We believe to maximize our impact on Tucson’s children we must support their families. The support comes in the form of diapers, clothes, cribs, strollers [...]

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Loved this Q&A in Salon. Thanks to A.O.F., a TucsonGreatGrandma (!!), for sending this. What do you think? Did any of her points rub you the wrong way? Did the article make you laugh, feel relieved/guilty/angry/embarrassed/smug?  

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First things first–we had a great time at BCC yesterday. Watching our toddlers share disco moves is something we won’t soon forget. The sugar cookies were yummy, the tunes were hot, and the crowd was divine. (We still have requests for beer selection in the club bar–Stella Artois? Pilsner Urquell? Please?)
The giant Care Bear was [...]

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Prudence commented on this below, but we wanted to spread the word about Presidential Bingo
 This is from Moms Rising:
PLAY PRESIDENTIAL BINGO WITH US!  Break out the popcorn, gather ’round your youngins’ and turn on the TV!  We’ve made a great MomsRising Presidential Bingo card for you and yours to print & play while watching the [...]

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A month or so ago we had a post about nurturing, and mentioned that we hoped that this site would be a place for discussion about ways that we take care of each other aside from being traditional mamas or dads.
On that note, we asked our great friend Amy (the person we had in mind [...]

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I went to see “The Business of Being Born” on Sunday at UMC.
It was a surprisingly full house. I expected that the movie would elicit a strong reaction from me–though I wasn’t sure of what nature. What I wasn’t prepared for was the feel of the crowd.
At first I was so excited to see the [...]

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We hold ourselves to standards, often impossible to achieve, and when we come across Other Mothers, suddenly we feel as though we are failing.The most excellent El Con Target was the site of a recent encounter.  (And oh how I love you, my sleek and clean Target, how I want to buy entire outfits and [...]

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