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A hard habit to break

“Can I let you in on a secret?” blogged Farhad Manjoo on January 13, “Typing two spaces after a period is totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong.” Yesterday, I shared the link to Manjoo’s post on Facebook, confessing that I am a two-spaces-after-a-period … Continue reading

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A “feel for feminism” and other favorite things

In a long-lost folder of favorite publications, reflections and writing assignments, I found “Helping with Homework,” written when Annie was a second semester high school freshman. Try the assignment yourself: Ask someone close to you, “What’s your favorite treasure (thing, … Continue reading

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End times

Between birds falling out of the sky, the Mayan calendar (corroborated by the movie 2012) and “that guy” who is nominating 2011 as *the* year, there seems to be extra end-of-the-world buzz going around. What goes around comes around. You may … Continue reading

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TAK

TAK: Targeted Act of Kindness.  TAK: an offering of encouragement or comfort. While I believe I invented the acronym (Google search is a wonderful thing), TAK has been around since the start of communal life.  Takk (pronounced similarly to “tuck”) means … Continue reading

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