Entries Tagged as ‘books’

December 26, 2007

Winter Reading Challenge – List of Books

Check out my other blog to learn more about the reading challenge I’ve decided to join.
Headed by my blogger friend Karlene at Inksplasher, the challenge runs from December 22 to March 19. Here’s the beginning of my list of books that I intend to read this winter:

Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David [...]

November 30, 2007

The Pause

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As I approached my fortieth birthday, I kept hearing really negative words of advice like, “Be prepared. It’s all downhill from [...]

October 27, 2007

You’ll Be Amazed at What Happens When You Start Throwing Up…

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My absolute favorite event at my kids’ schools is the annual Book Fair. It’s so popular at DS’s school, that I [...]

October 15, 2007

Blog Action Day

Today is Blog Action Day. One issue. One day. Thousands of voices.
Watch this if you’re interested:
It’s a chance to express yourself on environmental issues and how ignorance (and/or denial) of them significantly impacts the world.
What first came to mind for me were newspaper articles I read recently about Al [...]

October 11, 2007

Handy Chart of Purees for Seinfeld’s Cookbook

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Okay, this might sound crazy (or like something that you’d expect on an old “Seinfeld” episode), but I was so excited to [...]

October 10, 2007

The Cookbook that is SO Seinfeld

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Everyone knows that a big part of being a mom is feeding the kids. When you’re talking about little kids, it’s [...]

October 7, 2007

The Power of Kindness

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While leisurely strolling through our local bookstore, I discovered a great little book called, “The Power of Kindness” by Piero Ferrucci.
It was [...]