Tag: Favorite Things

  • Northern Colorado Urban Homestead Tour

    Northern Colorado Urban Homestead Tour

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    This weekend we went on the Northern Colorado Urban Homestead Tour.  The tour was a fundraiser for The Gardens at Spring Creek in Fort Collins and featured three houses in Fort Collins and three houses in Loveland which opened up their backyards to visitors.  Chris and I have been dreaming about the possibility of growing more…

  • Saturday Surfing

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    Finds of the Week: Before Learning to Crawl, You Must Learn to Swim, NY Times — The pictures are cool, but I’m still very skeptical about these infant swim classes given how secretive they are about their methods I Sent All My Text Messages in Calligraphy for a Week, The Atlantic — Just cool, and…

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    Finds of the Week: Immunized People Getting Whooping Cough, KPBS — “Most of the people who got whooping cough in San Diego County so far this year were up to date with their immunizations, according to county data.  Of the 621 people who contracted the illness, 85 percent had all their preventative shots — calling…

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    Finds of the Week 17 Books to Read Before the Movie Hits Theatres This Year, Hello Giggles — a bunch of books to add to my reading list! A Fight as U.S. Girls Face Genital Cutting Abroad, NY Times — Holy cow, I had no idea Her Party, The New Yorker — an essay from…

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    Finds of the Week: The day I left my son in the car, Salon —  This has been going around Facebook so you may have already seen it.  I will admit to having left the girls in the car on occasion in very specific conditions.  I cannot believe this. Men Are Drinking Breast Milk. For…

  • Saturday Surfing

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    Finds of the Week: The Art of Mending, The New Yorker — Love this essay from Gabrielle Selz 17 Things People Born In 1982, 1983, And 1984 Are Going Through Right Now, Thought Catalog — I’m getting old Who Best to Plan a Surprise Party for a Teenager? Not Mom, Motherlode — This is coming…

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    Finds of the Past Couple Weeks: Breech Birth Stories, Stand and Deliver — a great round up of links to breech birth stories, including one from an American living in England who chose a vaginal breech birth at an English hospital rather than a US military hospital.  She said, “The secondary miracle is that an…

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    Finds of the Week: The Afterlife of Pia Farrenkopf, The New Yorker — This whole situation is just absurd and sad; this particular article looks how Ms. Farrenkopf kept “living” through her virtual doppelganger, and leads me to some interesting thoughts on the definition of self and identity. The Free-Marketing Gravy Train Is Over on…

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    Finds of the Week: Ten medical tests or treatments you should question as a parent, Boston.com — I especially like number 2: “Cough and cold medicines for children under the age of 4 years. They don’t really help, and they can have dangerous side effects. Go for the chicken soup, humidifier, and honey (for kids over…

  • Saturday Surfing

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    Finds of the Week: 21 Images of Where Children Sleep Around the World Paints a Powerful Picture of Inequality, Policy Mic — Just, wow…and sad. General Mills: Original Cheerios are GMO free, CNN — Toddlers rejoice…now if only the rest of their cereals could follow suit ILCA Calls on AAP to Sever Commercial Relationships that…

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    Finds of the Week: 8 New Punctuation Marks We Desperately Need, College Humor — to start things off on an amusing note. Food Policy Action — The 2013 National Food Policy Scorecard ranks each member of the Senate and House on their votes on food issues.  Wyoming legislators fail.  How do your legislators do?  (hat tip, Marion Nestle)…

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    Finds of the Week: By Focusing on the Opt-Outers, We Are Ignoring the Real Issues with Common Core, Slate  — “we should all give a little more thought to how the new testing push is affecting people like Tiffany, a young woman from Queens who wants to be a nurse, but still lacks a high school diploma…