Friday, December 1, 2006IS IT GLOBAL WARMING?That was question someone asked my scientist friend RG the other day as they walked around Fresh Pond here in Cambridge Massachusetts after having noticed that the Queen Anne's Lace was blooming again, way out of sync for December in New England. RG responded that these anecdotal occurrences or... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:52 AM Comments (13) (link) IRAQ'S PREMIER, MALIKI, FINDS HIS SPINEBased on the stories in in todays (I actuall wrote this yesterday...so it may already seem like old news to some of you) papers, it looks like the Bushies got what they wanted, a stronger Iraqi leader with guts enough to pull his fledgling government together. It brought a smile to my face. Our... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:10 AM Comments (1) (link) Monday, November 27, 2006A CULTURE OF EXTREMESWe Americans are at war with ourselves. Politics and religion are the most evident and most debated but there is another rather insidious war being waged for our physicality, our bodies, (mainly women's bodies as here in America, like in most other societies they are still seen as a commodity) how... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:14 AM Comments (0) (link) Sunday, November 26, 2006MACY'S ON LIFE SUPPORT, REDUXAs a city kid I spent Christmas wandering the streets of New York, usually with my loving little grandmother at my side. It was pure magic. Gram and I would spend hours ice skating at Rockefeller Center surrounded by the brilliant sparkle of lights bouncing off the glass towers that disappeared in... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 9:02 AM Comments (9) (link) Saturday, November 25, 2006THE BREAST FEEDING FLAPMy daughter recently graduated from nursing school and works in a maternity ward in a hospital in Montreal. She is also trained as a CPR instructor and is a "lactation specialist". This is someone who is available to new mothers to act as a kind of "coach" to assist them with any questions they may... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 6:33 AM Comments (3) (link) |
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