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Apr.29.2013 - 4:21 pm
That Time of Year
  It's that time of year again when all my good neighbors are out in their gardens, making our neighborhood a lovely, colorful, vibrant place to live. And then there's...
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Feb.20.2013 - 5:46 am
Hilary Mantel on Kate Middleton and Romance Novels: "We are all Barbara Cartland Now."
Hilary Mantel, beloved author of the Man-Booker-prize-winning books, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, is currently on the hot seat, despised for dissing the lovely Kate...
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Feb.20.2013 - 5:43 am
Hilary Mantel on Kate Middleton and Romance Novels: "We are all Barbara Cartland Now."
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Jan.30.2013 - 7:50 am
5 Reasons Driving Lessons Make Tiger Mothers Growl
ONE: Precocious children are the currency of tiger mothers. Being the best isn't good enough. The child of a tiger must be the best first. Read Dickens by three! Play Bach by...
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Comments from Diana

Jun.13.2012 - 6:53 am
In response to: Snakes on a Plane
Thanks, Sue...
"People should realize that they are all our children." This is what kept going through my mind exactly. It's so easy...
Jun.12.2012 - 6:54 pm
In response to: Snakes on a Plane
thanks, Annette...
The whole system is set up to maximize profits at the expense of everything else. The poor kid had so many bags because...
Jun.12.2012 - 11:39 am
In response to: Snakes on a Plane
thanks, mary...
I think there's something about being treated like cargo that makes us behave as non-humans. It's so unpleasant all-...
Apr.09.2012 - 8:05 pm
In response to: An Open Letter to Dara-Lynn Weiss, Who Put Her 7-Year-Old on a Diet, Described Every Gory Detail in Vogue, & Now Has a Book Deal
*sigh*
I think that the thin line between "health concern" and "beauty" is where this story gets complicated. If Weiss had...
Apr.09.2012 - 7:54 pm
In response to: An Open Letter to Dara-Lynn Weiss, Who Put Her 7-Year-Old on a Diet, Described Every Gory Detail in Vogue, & Now Has a Book Deal
Oversharing is such a huge topic...
...and as someone who wrote a memoir about my daughter, it's a tricky one. I've definitely found that there's a...

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  • The best gifts are those unexpected and truly odd ones. The kind of gifts that you are thrilled to have, because you probably would never buy them for yourself. The person might say, "It just made me think of you." And you might say back, "So cool! Thanks! Dinner! I can't wait!" And your day is made.


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About Diana

I love to write. That’s pretty much all I do. Ask my family about the undone laundry, the un-bought groceries, and the fact that I rarely find time to get dressed in the morning. Actually, if you train your family right, they won’t notice any of these things...
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