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  • Parenthood Juggle: I Never Had to Ask For Permission

    Posted on March 29, 2013 | 3 Comments
    My dad got teary with pride every time; my mom sported her corsage in the colors of whatever institution I was graduating from at the moment.

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  • Grondahl 47

    Posted on January 6, 2013 | No Comments
    1980. Not sure we’ve made any progress.For other cartoons in this series,  click here.    This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of    The Sunstone  Foundation  and  Calvin Grondahl.

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  • Pura Vida

    Posted on January 18, 2012 | 3 Comments
    I just spent two weeks in Costa Rica.   Technically, it was for work, but it was very un-work-like.   I went as a chaperone for a group of 18 female undergrads who were preparing to start their semester of student teaching.   The two […]

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  • (Near) Death by Supposed-to’s

    Posted on December 14, 2011 | 16 Comments
    I am realizing these days that I do a LOT of stuff because I’m supposed to. Mel calls this her “approval whore,” which is a hilariously apt description. I do a lot of things at church that I’m supposed to do. I do even more […]

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  • The Grass is Always Greener

    Posted on April 13, 2011 | 12 Comments
    I just got back from a fancy schmantzy conference for educational researchers in New Orleans. I submit proposals every year and hope to get one in-even though I know I’m out of my league. Whenever I’m lucky enough to get to go, I experience an […]

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