five beauty must-haves and how to be a good parent

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Take a stoll over to Modern Ink today.  I’m oh so very glad to be featured in their “Polished” interview. Speaking of trends and advice: Having a baby invites a dust storm of shoulds, should nots, and robust opinions.  This being my first rodeo, I’m pretty receptive but when the counsel is so often contradictory [...] Continue Reading »

the no room for hipsters summer reading list

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The surest cure I know for stagnancy is a trip to the library.  Summer reading currently has me somewhere in the middle of “The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte” by Robert Asprey, and to be honest, I’m pushing through like a good soldier. We went to the library to get more parenting books.  I’ve been building [...] Continue Reading »

just as gratefulness was confused in my mind with love, so possession became mixed up with motherhood -maya angelou

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[ from a. addair who is listening to Lyle Lovett (The Road to Ensenada) ] Our next sonogram is scheduled for the first week in August and I’m thinking that they’ll be able to tell us if we can expect a boy or a girl.  Of course I want to know, I just wonder if [...] Continue Reading »

i’m cozy here* but probably don’t want to stay forever {*and also where is here}

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[ from a. addair who is listening to Adele (21) ] Maybe this was the way I was headed anyway, but this pregnancy has knocked me clean off of any platform I might have previously thought of as sturdy.  So as not to get dizzy and vomit I’ve dug a little hole in the earth [...] Continue Reading »