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Phil Ochs
We had the anti-war folk singer Phil Ochs playing in our beach house growing up. We listened to Dylan, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and Joni Mitchell. The album we had of his was I Ain’t Marching Anymore....
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Catch up if you can
So I’ve neglected the cute, meaningful or outlandish things that the kids say. And I need to catch up, or they will just vanish into the ether. 1. Christiane (age 4) in the car on the way to school...
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How to “mother” oneself, right out of your own nest
In Cheryl Richardson’s recent newsletter she wrote that you know you are doing a good job mothering yourself when: You stop making excuses for doing what you want to do. You let your desire be enough....
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Hope springs eternal
Marina Krim and her husband Kevin announced that she is expecting a boy in the fall. Her pregnancy is a huge ray of hope in their family’s healing, after the gut wrenching events of last fall. Her...
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A new old way to give birth
If I could do it again, and perhaps not having twins twice, I would give birth at home with an experienced, compassionate midwife, and avoid hospitals altogether. I’d take back the power that women...
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Greekster 2013
This past glorious weekend in CT was our Greek Easter. It came pretty late this year, which was good weather-wise. Our Aunt Martha and Uncle Alex came as is our tradition. Aunt Martha helps prepare...
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DVF for Gap
Today online Diane Von Furstenberg’s Spring 2013 Girls collection for Gap premiered. There are so many gorgeous, bright, happy items. They sell out quickly, so please refer to the link below. Got some...
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7
On Saturday the boys turned seven. For me, five was equivalent to 18, six was 21, so here, at seven we are really dealing with their 25th birthdays. Alas. I lived. They thrived. Ice cream cups for...
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Can’t sleep
I am up. It’s 3 am. I am visiting my parents overnight as I have some early morning appointments in NY before heading back to CT. I am in this bunk room where the boys sleep when here. Water makes this...
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Florida
So, we came down to Florida with the boys for 6 days — leaving today. They all skied. Fotis is doing great, becoming the best skier he could be at this point in his life. His technique has dramatically...
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Eating more healthfully
So, in time, we do get to things. Eventually. The baby, soon to be 2.5, more time, space, more ME all around it seems. Even Fotis said that I don’t have to knock myself out to be some advancing...
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Watch…
On Mondays with Marlo, Marlo Thomas speaks with Arianna Huffington. This along with so many of her interviews are informative, fun, inspiring. They just make you feel good, actually. I also like her...
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Really enjoying…
Mondays with Marlo on my iPad at night, right before I go to sleep. Have watched her interview Kelly Ripa (three separate times!) Cindy Crawford, who knows everything about beauty. Bobbi Brown, makeup...
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12 Ways to love yourself by Louise L. Hay
Written by Louise L. Hay: I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE IS only one thing that heals every problem, and that is: to love yourself. When people start to love themselves more each day, it’s amazing how their...
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January mini check in
So, it’s cold. January and 4 degrees this morning. Trying to be more at ease, relaxed as I face and move through the day. Some things I am liking right now: Live with Kelly and Michael (still!), Girls...
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Dear Abby and Ann Landers
Pauline Friedman Phillips died this week. She was 94 and known to the world as the advice columnist Dear Abby. Her twin sister Esther, or Eppie, was known as Ann Landers, and also an esteemed...
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Let me disappoint you
From the book The Art of Extreme Self-Care by Cheryl Richardson: Let Me Disappoint You I hate being disappointed. There’s nothing worse than getting your hopes up only to have them squelched when...
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Cheryl Richardson’s Little Things: In pursuit of pleasure
This hit home to me when I read it in my inbox yesterday: Written by Cheryl Richardson. Topic of the Week – Little Things I’ve been working on my next book, a memoir about the perils and pleasures of...
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New leaf
There are no leaves on the trees outside. Just snow, though it’s been near 50 degrees outside of late. Our warmest January yet. I am in the process of categorizing the posts, thus going back over them...
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