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Better by the dozen

What’s kept me from the computer lately is that one of my friends and her children are visiting from out of town this week. This means we now have six children in the house, but the other night we had two other friends over, who also have six children between them, for a total of [...]

Posted 19 May 2009 † Brigette Russell § Parenthood § Personal ‡ Comments (6) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Tea and antipathy

The tea parties, or “teabagging parties” as sophomoric leftists like to call them with tongue (or whatever) firmly in cheek, have generated quite a bit of hot air over the past few days. It didn’t get much hotter than Janeane Garofalo, comedienne, political pundit and, apparently, eminent neuroscientist, on Countdown: You know, there is nothing [...]

Posted 18 April 2009 † Brigette Russell § New Mexico § Politics ‡ Comments (11) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Childless in Albuquerque

Yesterday I drove down to Albuquerque for the Christian Association of Parent Educators (CAPE) annual convention. Last night some of the other Santa Fe homeschooling moms and I went to dinner, and when the hostess asked, “Do you need any children’s menus?” I can’t tell you the euphoria I felt saying, “No!” Isn’t that awful? [...]

Posted 17 April 2009 † Brigette Russell § Homeschooling § New Mexico § Personal ‡ Comments (7) ° Also tagged: , , , ,