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Entries from May 2004

Different kinds of conversation

May 22nd, 2004 · 1 Comment

Thanks to Bob V’s comments, I’ve been thinking through the day today about what I posted last night. Sometimes I need to re-examine what I wrote. Taking another look is always good (in the morning light!) and I’m grateful to those who hold up the mirror to me in dialoguing! Another way to look at […]

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Living among the trees

May 22nd, 2004 · 2 Comments

Via Scott at Metafilter, I enjoyed reading this story about a father and daughter camping in the forest for four years near Portland, OR: A man and his 12-year-old daughter spent the last four years living in a remote hillside in Portland’s Forest Park, police said. The pair was discovered in a dense, wooded area […]

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Should kids come into the world for this?

May 22nd, 2004 · Comments Off on Should kids come into the world for this?

Earlier this week I wrote a partial list of reasons why children come into the world. Today Enoch posted another one, a new one. Issues of biology, possible infertility and privacy aside, I find it a bit disturbing: would you want to tell your child that the reason you got pregnant was so you could […]

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Biker girls

May 22nd, 2004 · Comments Off on Biker girls

Fast they fly away from me. Carrying baby sister, I can’t keep up. My older two are on their own now. Pedaling down hill, pealing with glee. My biker girls. Happy and free. I am breathless watching them, exhilarated and afraid, for them and for me. I know that if they fall, they will have […]

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