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Monthly Archive for August, 2011

Walking home from a hike on the Dipsea trail this past weekend  I ran into someone I know as a friend of a friend and other overlapping circles and so I stopped to chitchat. “I love reading about your kids on Facebook,” she said to me as I stooped to pet her dogs. Oh — […]

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As far as celebrity splits go, Olivia Wilde and Tao Ruspoli’s seems pretty easy. At least the “Cowboys & Aliens” actress and the prince, married for eight years, don’t have any kids. But that might have been the problem; childfree couples divorce more often than couples who have at least one child, according to researchers, […]

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A neighbors’ son turned 4 last week and celebrated with a party at a local fire station. As I passed him and his mom on their walk downtown this past weekend, he was wearing the fireman hat from his party. I smiled. A fireman birthday party — I remember those days! I also remember the […]

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A few years ago, my older son expressed an interest in hunting. I was immediately turned off — killing animals? How disgusting! Never mind that this former 12-year vegetarian now eats chicken, fish, pork and the occasional burger without any hesitation, not to mention my (somewhat extensive) collection of leather shoes. If I eat animals, […]

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