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The Veering

April 2, 2010

“Hey, Mom,” Reed greeted me when I picked him up from ski school on a recent weekend. We began walking from the slopes to the condo. “What did you do today while the rest of us were skiing?” “I did some writing.” “You write a LOT. What are you always writing about?” “Well, today I [...]

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And the shamrock goes to…

March 17, 2010

(drumroll………………………………) Erica (Parenthood for Me) extends her winning streak to two with this limerick, which garnered 40% of the nearly 200 votes cast: I’m an Irish gal who drinks whisky Sometimes I go home and get frisky. When the good deed is done. I’m Wishing 4 One. Or at least eat some spam and some [...]

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Perfect Moment Monday: Doodles

March 15, 2010

Here to vote for your favorite Limerick Chick finalist? Perfect Moment Monday is about noticing a perfect moment rather than creating one. Perfect moments can be momentous or ordinary or somewhere in between. Once a week we engage in mindfulness about something that is right with our world. Everyone is welcome to join. Details on [...]

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Final Round of the Limerick Chick Contest. VOTE!

March 13, 2010

Who’ll be The Limerick Chick? You readers get to help pick We have the top three They’re brilliant, you see Such an homage to Saint Pat-er-ick The blogosphere has winnowed 30 entries to 8. Here are our finalists. Vote for your favorite by 8 pm Tuesday night (March 16, MST). The winner will be announced [...]

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Limerick Chick Voting Round 3

March 10, 2010

Below is the last of three sets of entries in the 2010 Limerick Chick Contest. Find out the top two limericks from Flight 2 that will advance to the final round, below. Poll is on the upper-right sidebar ===> Thirty poems came in under the wire Five lines each has to inspire They mention blog [...]

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Show & Tell: Ones

March 4, 2010

Melissa says, “Show and Tell is wasted on elementary schoolers…This is Show and Tell 2.0.” Here’s my entry this week. I don’t know why I pay attention to such phenomenon (and block traffic to document it), but I do. And believe it or not, Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run was on the radio as the [...]

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