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How To Be Alone

I’ve just finished The Evolution of God by Robert Wright, and my brain feels like a stuffed green pepper.  One of these days I’ll share, in a succinct and clear way, what I learned.  To compare, I’ve picked up Stephen Prothero’s God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World–and Why Their […]

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Anne Rice

I read Anne Rice’s recent renunciation of Christianity, and I thought, “I’m SO there.” And then I read all the inane and cruel comments below the news article, and my heart sank.  Really, people?  This is what you say to someone who is telling her truth?  [Playing devil’s advocate here: do you think anyone wants […]

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Just Between Us

Whenever I go to Uptown (a small, quaint section of Minneapolis), I go into Paper Source.  I stock up on cards and browse their very creative shelves.  This past weekend, I picked up Just Between Us: A No-Stress, No-Rules Journal for Girls and Their Moms , a journal meant for a mother and daughter (written […]

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Count Your Books

Jay Mathews quotes a 20-year study in his Washington Post blog that suggests that “children who have 500 or more books in the home get, on average, 3.2 years more schooling than children in bookless homes. Even just 20 books makes a difference. The availability of reading material has a strong impact on a child’s […]

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Great Inner Solitude

It’s amazing how much time it takes to catch up after hosting a guest (as lovely as my mother was…we did love having her!)–unpaid bills, dirty laundry, thirsty plants, unread books, neglected tasks and errands–so you’ll have to forgive me for a couple of days while I regroup and get organized. In the meantime, I […]

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