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What Mom Really Wants for Mother's Day
Editor's Note: My husband asked me what I wanted for Mother's Day last week. I just blinked at him. I never know the answer to this question. If nothing appealed to you on our Mother's Day gift guide,...
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The Voice Recap: The Live Playoffs!
Image via embedded videoWelcome to the "live play-offs" of the Voice.16 singers will face the voting public for the first time. Two from each team will be "saved by America". One will be saved by their...
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Good Business Leaders Use Intuition to Make Decisions
Decision making is constant in business. Advancing products, engaging employees, responding to customers all while keeping a careful eye on the bottom line. It is the basic function of a leader to be...
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Grandmother Power Blogging Campaign: Interview Gram
Yesterday, I came across Britt Bravo's terrific post, Celebrating Grandmother Power: Interview with my Gram, her offering for the The Grandmother Power Blogging Campaign, a collaborative blogging...
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Easy No Sew Burlap Curtains
[Editor's Note: I'm not a big user of natural fibers in my personal home decor but anything, even sisal, in the form of a polka dot interests me. As if I was not excited enough about the polka dot part...
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Learning from Mary Thom: Editor of Women's Words and Lives
The New York Times obituary headline dubbed Mary Thom, who died April 26 in an accident while riding her beloved 1996 Honda Magna 750: "a chronicler of the feminist movement." But Mary didn’t just...
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Autism in the Media: Stop with the Awful Stories!
Would you want someone patronizing you in front of the entire world, or writing headlines about how awful your life is and how much you suck? Well, autistic people don't want that either, and neither...
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Mother’s Day Brunch: 5 Complete Menu Ideas
Editor’s note: There’s still time to plan a delicious Mother’s Day brunch from the loved ones in your family. Robyn from Add a Pinch shares five complete menu ideas for every type of celebration, from...
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Professionalize Your Passion: Build a Budget
Last year I "Retired Before I Retired. Much has changed in a year. When I first wrote about my husband and I envisioning retirement it was I who had made the big career change. I quit my job, started...
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PHOTOS OF YOU: Instagram Thinks A Thousand Words Isn't Enough
Instagram added PHOTOS OF YOU recently, which means you can now tag the people you’re brunching with in the photo of your eggs benedict. It seems Mark Zuckerberg’s assurances that Instagram would not...
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Dear Mike Jeffries, “Abercrombie Kids” I Knew Wouldn’t Call You Cool
When I was a teenager, we didn’t have Abercrombie & Fitch in my mall. I lived in a small town and the best we had was Bluenotes jeans, where my friends and I drooled over “name-brand” jeans in...
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Realize I Don't Know It All
Editor's Note: With Mother's Day coming, we are talking about what motherhood has made us as part of our Mother's Day Eve celebration. Join us. -JennaMy four-year-old daughter wears her shoes on the...
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Spoil the Pooch: Anti-Itch Dog Biscuits
Editor's Note: Itchy dog? Scratchy beast? This doggie mom set about finding a tasty solution and put together a tasty biscuit recipe for her pups. --HeatherSome dog breeds are susceptible to dry skin...
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I Went to High School With Charles Ramsey, Cleveland's New Hero
I went to high school with Charles Ramsey, one of the men credited for helping to rescue Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, three Cleveland women who had been missing for 10 years. We...
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International Clitoris Awareness Week: How Aware Are You?
It’s the first annual International Clitoris Awareness Week (May 6th thru 12th). I can only assume you are prepared with fleshy tones of icing and little sugar pearls for vulva cupcakes made special to...
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Hyperbole and a Half's Wrenching, True 'Adventures in Depression'
Allie Brosh left the internet for a year and a half. She dropped back in today with the most harrowing, yet also funny, relatable, and true description of what happens in a depressed brain that I've...
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Utah: Trail to the Toadstools
Editor's Note: Ever been to the Toadstools in Southern Utah? Me neither. but these amazing photos offer a glimpse into this bizarre and beguiling place, reminiscent of Mars. --HeatherSince the sun was...
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Birds and Birders: Look Up and Learn
I love the term "leaf out." For a plant or tree, it means to open its leaf buds. "The trees leafed out late this spring." The time before the trees leaf out in the spring is a special time. The birds...
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Save Time with Regular "System" Maintenance
Preventative maintenance. Also known as system maintenance, sharpening the saw, and taking care of the golden goose. We often give it lip service but skip it and then kick ourselves later. This post on...
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Bats and Brats! 6th BlogHer Food '13 Friday Night Excursion!
Have you heard about the bats in Austin? They live under the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge, and just as Ann Richards was a force of nature, so are these bats! It's estimated that there are...
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