February 2013

  • On Pride.

    Okay. The relationship between Sheena and I is well-documented. Our friendship has spanned the expanse of the Internet, and lives within the little spaces of our heart too. Our friendship…

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  • Marshall, They Said.

    Dear Mom, You would be 69 today. That would be a hilarious joke, if we were all sitting around the creaky dining room table and indulging in some cuisine from…

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  • I need a holiday. Do you need a holiday?

    Okay, it’s time I told you. I need a holiday. I know that sounds ridiculous considering that we’re just finishing up on February but, this year is already going far…

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  • On teaching humanity to daughters and sons.

    You’re probably going to spit at me for that title. That’s okay. I know I raise a daughter, not a son. I know that by differentiating, I am consciously embedding…

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  • The Knickers

    This will be my strangest post. Ever, I think. In the now seven years of blogging I have behind me, I have done a lot of things. One thing I…

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  • I can make toast with my voice.

    “Basil: “Have you seen my wife make toast?” Mimes a dragon breathing onto the bread.” If you know nothing of Fawlty Towers, that’s okay. I was genuinely reminded of something…

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  • I wish for every child

    The news at the moment is woeful. I am filled with a sense of dread and despair. But as I sit here, and ponder the reasons for the insanity that…

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  • I need my red pen.

    Okay, I’m doing this now because I cannot control myself any longer. I’m going to make these 9 little guidelines… 1. Lose vs Loose. You lose something. You set something…

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  • One Billion Rising.

    One Billion…sounds like a pretty huge number, right? It doesn’t seem all that much when you consider that, sometime in 2012, the world’s population exceeded 7 billion. Still, if we were…

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  • if this be the month of love.

    Right. I have a love-hate relationship with Valentine’s Day. These are my reasons why: Hate: 1. The usual commercially-over-hyped BS, where roses cost a million times more than they do.…

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