...and Why We WON'T Be Watching 13 Reasons Why Warning: This post is not for everyone, as it addresses some hard cultural topics like suicide, rape and homosexual sex. True, I often aspire to be a lighthearted Erma Bombeck-esque blogger. This is not, however, one of those times. I am a very modern mom in that I am constantly telling my teens to … [Read more...]
Our Daughters, their Dads, Our Sons, Ourselves
A Briefish Treatise on Movie Role Models Margaret the Blogger is back (one month later!) with yet another #StreamTeam review. Sheesh. You’d think I’d pop in more often than this. It’s almost like I’m in college again, with this #StreamTeam gig my monthly term paper. I’m writing this hastily…my March review…on the last day of March … [Read more...]
That Time that Netflix Gave Me the Finger
Warning: This post contains two extremely gory images from the zombie comedy "The Santa Clarita Diet". If blood and dismemberment are offensive to you, as they are to me, you may want to click away. That said, I include these images to make my point. Disclaimer: I'm a member of the Netflix Stream Team, which means that I get a year's worth of … [Read more...]
Building Family Bonds the Netflix Way
My January #StreamTeam Post Greetings, fellow Netflix fans! I'm trying something different this month, because for some reason I've been a bit too...preoccupied to watch all my shows. Forgive me, great Netflix execs! And it's not like I haven't wanted to, either, because how cool is this? As a certified member of the #StreamTeam, I have … [Read more...]
Room with a View
An Election Day Meditation Autumn in Minnesota continues to be absolutely gorgeous. This picture was taken a few days ago. It's a shot of my bedroom from the kids' playground out back, where I was taking a break from going down the slide with my 3-year-old. (Note: as a creaky 50-year-old, I needed to take lots of breaks!) Looking … [Read more...]
Deep Thoughts on Donald Trump
Part II of my Series “The VERY Hard Work of Lasting Change” You can read Part I here. This is me, going on a Facebook foray: The world is my oyster! Or rather, in this case, my PB & J. Mmmm....I start to sample the goods in my feed. This is also known as “scrolling,” whereupon I roll my cursor down down … [Read more...]
From Depression to Hope: the Rainbow Connection
Where to even begin? How about with the Pixar movie Inside Out? The girls and I went to see it last night and it. Is. FABULOUS. Life-changing, really, in terms of what I hope to accomplish with my life. Have you seen it? Without wanting to give away too much, I'll say simply that the idea of "making memories" really affected me. I wept and … [Read more...]
On Truth, Beauty, and Being Free
Or, Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean that You Should My #StreamTeam Musings on #MemorialDay Here's the truth: I don't know where I'm headed with this post. On the one hand, I don't want to offend the good folks at Netflix. On the other, I don't know that I can't offend them...at least in part...because I don't always agree with what they … [Read more...]
Praying for Babies/Going to Plays
I.e. The Winner of the Snowflake Give-Away {and} a Call to Prayer First off, the wiener of the Snowflake Give-away is... Erin! (Commenter Number 18) "I haven't been to the MIA in a very long time, this is a great reminder to check it out. I would love to take my niece to this show, she is a huge fan of live theater. Plus, as a new mom, I'd … [Read more...]
Your assignment, should you accept it.
Read this thought-provoking post by Melissa Wiley... And then read its comments... And then tell me why you think this is: People don't (in general) congregate at blogs anymore. They are (most of them) all hanging out at Facebook! I'm feeling the pinch, I'll tell you that. I post at Facebook for this very reason; I get instant feedback from … [Read more...]
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