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Groomer Girl

• Showbiz Kid by Carol Starr Schneider
• October 15, 2008 · Add a comment

Showering is such lonely business. Your mind starts to wander, and soon you’re under a Hawaiian waterfall with Brad Pitt and Angie’s somewhere in Germany or France or Zimbabwe with all those kids. It’s just you and Brad getting friendly.
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Strategies to fight stress

• Moving Free® With Mirabai by mirabai
• October 14, 2008 · Add a comment

Stress has been around since the beginning of time. It started as a flight-or-fight reflex when early humans confronted a life-threatening situation. Now, stress itself has become a life-threatening situation.
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Tea and Optimism

• Home Alone by Leah Hemenway
• October 13, 2008 · Add a comment

I’ve had a banner week. You might say too much popular culture or maybe just too much past and present together.
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The Art of Shushing

• Showbiz Kid by Carol Starr Schneider
• October 1, 2008 · 5 Comments

Take a group of humans. Any humans will do. Put them in a situation where talking is a no-no. Then give a shout-out for silence and see what happens.
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Wow! What A Combo! Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

• Rock 'n' Roll Grandma by Penny Valladares
• September 25, 2008 · 1 Comment

Last October, when their collaboration was announced with the release of “Raising Sand”, the music world was turned on its ear. What? Robert Plant and Alison Krauss? How could that work?
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Spies in the house

• Home Alone by Leah Hemenway
• September 25, 2008 · Add a comment

Every time my sons come home they search through all the recent mail, bills, magazines, and any newly purchased books. You’d think they were being paid by a private detective agency.
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Kugel this!

• Showbiz Kid by Carol Starr Schneider
• September 23, 2008 · 3 Comments

Why the smart rich boys who came up with Google didn’t call their fancy search engine Kugel is one of life’s mysteries.
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