Relationships
The Story Behind Vegas
By: jessicalee
Once upon a time, in the farm/agriculture/Mexican gang city of Yakima, a much younger, chubbier, frizzier version of Jessica Lee and a boy named J became friends. J a...
What's Your Opinion?
Last week, Husband and I watched the premiere episode of Parenthood , starring, among other excellent players, Lauren Graham. I loved her in Gilmore Girls (working with b...
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Just a Note
Today is my dad's birthday. If some of you have read my blog, I am not speaking to /seeing him due to his ongoing abuse. I did send him a birthday card and said I hope he...
Diversions
Question of the Day - Sprin...
By: kcarpenter
Looking around my apartment last night was a scary, scary thing. True, I just got back from a trip. But it's more than that. It's tornado-aftermath-esque. So I have d...
Tarot Study and My Mother-in-Law Writes
~Monday~ “It’s a small painful sort of courage which is at the root of every life, because injustice and cruelty is at the root of life. And the reason why I have onl...
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Splotchy the Chat Robot is Going to Rape You
I was referred to this chat robot by the ever-fabulous Bloggess and was inspired to strike up a conversation with him... er.. it... er... Splotchy. ANyway. Splotchy is a ...
World
Out of the rubble and into a new life
I felt a surreal quality to the "business as usual" at the clinic this trip. I knew these people had suffered tremendous loss – all of them - in some form or another....
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Shanghai & Beijing China
We spent 2 days in Shanghai, Flew to Beijing with 4 days at the Great Wall and 1 day in Beijing before flying to Hong Kong- never enough time but what an impact this trip...
Living
This Place Is NUTS!
I think the world has gone crazy. The whole place certifiable! I sat down to read the news this evening and found stories that I can barely wrestle with. Damn, I know...
Sometimes I can't sleep
And by sometimes, I mean EVERY NIGHT. I tried to play my guitar to try to relax, but I pulled something in my upper arm today doing, of all things, LAUNDRY, so that isn't...
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Subway Etiquette
The subway is a haven for people from all walks of life. It's one place you can find people of all nationalities and social classes put their differences aside for that s...
Family
My Children in Encounters W...
By: kellyarmstrong
No one took off his clothes and rolled on the floor in a onesie. No one was body checked by the Secret Service (nor by Diplomatic Security, for that matter). No one s...
Beethoven and Shoemakers
What do you do if your kid LOVES to play an instrument and is excellent at it? Now imagine if you live out in the middle of nowhere, are not talented in any particular in...
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Free Games To Play Online Anytime
Are you looking for some free games to play online ANYTIME? These days, almost everyone has access to the Internet and there are a lot of free online games that many of u...
Etc.
Use twitter or you're going...
By: askthebloggess
· Dear Bloggess: Why won’t everyone stop asking me to get on twitter? ~ Georgia Because twitter is awesome. Also because it eats up several hours of your day and so y...
Smile
I’ve forgotten how to smile So much more accustomed to frowning now A smile… would seem displaced On this face So allow me to magically erase The fake one I’ve been...
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Myriam Abdelaziz
Myriam Abdelaziz is a Cairo born photographer who main focus is of women from African and the Middle East. Her work was showcased in the Panafrican Exhibit, which appeare...
Food & wine
Mommy's Milk Cheese: Taking natural too far?
A New York chef is making cheese with human mother's milk. Specifically, it's his spouse's milk that she's pumped for their daughter. Now, I'm not a parent, so maybe ...
Chocolate Cravings
Sometimes I can go weeks and weeks without giving chocolate a second thought. This is not going to be one of those weeks. I am craving chocolate right now, and not any ch...
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Veggie Quesadillas
4 c grated cheddar 1 pkg whole wheat soft tortillas chopped green pepper chopped onion chopped mushrooms sliced olives salsa sour cream Lay tortilla on cookie sheet sprin...
Well-being
Letting Stillness Speak ...
Being still is not honoured nearly enough in society today - Western society, anyway. Sometimes our thoughts are like the glittery bits in snow globes that are contin...
A Week of Worthiness
Brene’ Brown over at her blog Ordinary Courage has asked her readers and fellow bloggers to write about Worthiness this week. I already wrote about Living in the Moment...
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BIKRAM DAY 10
Just finished day 10 of the Bikram 30 day challenge. Amazingly enough this morning I had a bounce in my step when I walked Pepper??!? How exciting! In class the room felt...
Green
Beer here! Top 10 green brews
Yes, it's almost that time. The time when an emerald hue overtakes things that should really never be green. Like the Chicago River. And cakes made in an Easybake Ove...
GreenBlossoms Shirts: Sexy. Sophisticated. Sustainable.
Ok, this is way, way overdue, we know. We've been dying to show you our shirts and now they're finally up on our site! Ladies, these shirts are made for you. We made envi...
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Cows on the Freeway
So I was driving on 1-5 from Seattle to Tacoma tonight to drop off groceries and dinner for my husband. Just the usual drive: me listening to NPR, chewing my gum and crui...
Style
SPANX for men!
I think they should be called Manx -- but what matters more than the name is the fact that guys are finally jumping on the shapewear bandwagon. And this is either ver...
New Hair
What do you think?? And be honest! ...
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CELEBRITY FASHION
WELL THE ONE CELEBRITY WHO HAS TAKIN FASHION TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL , IS THE ONE AND ONLY LADY GAGA ! ! ! WHO HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH EVERY SONG THATS HITS THROUGH THE RAD...
Girls' Nights Out
GNO Honoring People & the Planet at 25% Off!
Last night, a special guest joined our Girl's Night Out celebrations. Matt Reynolds, President of Indigenous Designs. He stopped in to tell us about the beautiful pri...
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Blogger of the Month??
Wow, thank you very much ! You all might have noticed I wasn't even AT the girls' night out in November. The timing happens to coincide with Bedtime, which, as any parent...
