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Science for a Deeper Spirituality. JD Stillwater is a science educator, author and musician. Seven Candles springs from his love of science and his tendency to care more about implications than conventions. What he brings to the global conversation is a gift for making difficult science concepts graspable for non-scientists, but then to take us further into the deeper mysteries that those concepts engender. Be a better way to do school, check it out! In 1986, JD and several hundred close friends walked f...
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Rather be a kitty: October 2011
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Rather be a kitty. Sunday, October 23, 2011. You know those commercials where a woman is dressed in really comfortable clothes, like pajamas, but still looks impossibly pretty settles down into some really comfortable couch or chair that is not covered in cat hair? The one where she has something like a cup of coffee, or a thing of yogurt, or a chocolate bar? You know that commercial? You know that moment? It was Chocolate Mint Truffle Hot Cocoa. Ahhh. Links to this post. Wednesday, October 19, 2011.
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Rather be a kitty: November 2011
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Rather be a kitty. Wednesday, November 30, 2011. I've always been a singer. I haven't always been a particularly good singer. I can carry a tune, occasionally sound pretty, but as it goes I'm pretty common. Regardless, I love to sing and I love songs. That's what postpartum depression has done to me. It's created a permanent wall of silence. As a new mother I knew I should be constantly talking to my newborn, getting those language skills started, engaging her with the world - bonding. Links to this post.
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Rather be a kitty: January 2012
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Rather be a kitty. Thursday, January 26, 2012. The other day I went to my normal doctor to see if he couldn't help me with this cold I've had for awhile. I haven't been there for a long time so they didn't know I was 13 weeks pregnant when I first came in. The first they did was of course weigh me. I stepped up and we looked at the scale: 125.2 lbs. The nurse looked and chirped happily "Oh good for you! You lost six pounds! The problem there is the "but," as if that keeps her from being as pretty as she ...
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Rather be a kitty: March 2013
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Rather be a kitty. Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Emily is now 2 1/2 and Sarah is 7 months. When Emily was 7 months I was still in the twilight zone of PPD. I could see the happy, giggly baby before me, but I couldn't respond to her. Similarly, Emily's stories are a thrill. Yesterday she told me a long story about how her dinosaur would help her open the door and then there would be grandma and baba! I loved all 30 minutes of this story. Or is it just waiting to come out late? Links to this post. Big Sis Lit...
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Rather be a kitty: On the twelfth day of Christmas
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Rather be a kitty. Sunday, January 6, 2013. On the twelfth day of Christmas. I got a five month old who not only sits up, but can play on her own. Today I watched as my tiny little baby happily sat on the floor and played with her giraffe. No help from Mama. No need for her sister to hold her up. When did she decide to grow up? Sometimes, like yesterday, I think only the big things are worth noting. Then I have a day where my kids remind me that just watching them growing up is big enough.
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Rather be a kitty: February 2012
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Rather be a kitty. Wednesday, February 8, 2012. This week I actually started two projects - from total non-knittyness to two seems like a gigantic step for me, but that's probably just my head talking. The first is a second one of these. No not the baby. Well okay, yes the baby. I am. In the process of making a second one of those - hopefully just as cute and giggly as the first. But what I meant was this. My second project is this. It's a crocheted evening shawl. Looks like it doesn't it? Part of this i...
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Rather be a kitty: September 2011
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Rather be a kitty. Thursday, September 29, 2011. For awhile now I've been enjoying the best part of depression: the not-being-depressed part. It's been fun. I've cleaned my house from top to bottom, I've started (and finished) some lovely new projects, I've gone out on wonderful adventures, and most of all I've enjoyed falling in love with my daughter all over again. Life was pretty good. This is the crappy part of depression: the having-depression part. Links to this post. Wednesday, September 28, 2011.
