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Vacation, All I Ever Wanted . . .
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Work Wednesday It's August. And I can't get the Go-Go's Vacation out of my mind. You know, "Vacation, All I ever wanted, Vacation, Had to get away, Vacation, Meant to be spent alone . . . ." I really need... Continue reading
Posted Aug 8, 2012 at CurrentMom
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Heat and Herbivores: A Cold Vegetarian Supper for a Sweltering Summer Night
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Meal Monday It's been a year since I wrote my Meal Monday post about swigging gazpacho and it's still hot in the D.C. metro area. Sickeningly hot. We've already had seven 100+ degree days, and it's not even August! Just... Continue reading
Posted Jul 23, 2012 at CurrentMom
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Karen Kornbluh: Helping Us All "Have It All"
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Work Wednesday As soon as I started reading and blogging Anne-Marie Slaughter's much-discussed Atlantic Monthly piece on working moms, Why Women Still Can't Have It All, I thought about Karen Kornbluh. Actually, I thought about Ambassador Karen Kornbluh. For those... Continue reading
Posted Jul 11, 2012 at CurrentMom
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Yet A Few More Words on Working Moms and "Having It All"
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Work Wednesday I was all set to blog last week about fomer high-ranking State Department official Anne-Marie Slaughter's provocative, well-written and timely Atlantic Monthly piece, Why Women Still Can't Have It All but somehow I forgot. Yes, just plain forgot.... Continue reading
Posted Jul 4, 2012 at CurrentMom
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Happy Father's Day, Working Dad!
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Work Wednesday Just in time for Father's Day, the magazine Working Mother has renamed its June-July issue Working Father. The front cover features a cute baby with an "I HEART U Daddy" onesie and the tantalizing headline, "How Dad Does... Continue reading
Posted Jun 13, 2012 at CurrentMom
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A Working Mom's End-Of-Year Frenzy Revisited
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Work Wednesday I am going to be straight with you. This is a recycled post (with a few updates and edits.) But it's all I can manage as the last few weeks of the school year collide with a crush... Continue reading
Posted May 30, 2012 at CurrentMom
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Where Working Moms Live . . .
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Work Wednesday For many years, if you asked me where I live, I would say, "Oh, just outside of Washington, D.C." I would simply omit the name of the suburb where I live in favor of the Capitol City. Even... Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2012 at CurrentMom
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Exhuasted by the Mommy Wars
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Work Wednesday I'm tired. Too tired to think, too tired to type, and, ummm, too tired to blog. So, I apologize in advance if this week's post is, well, a bit weary. It's not just that it's been a crazy... Continue reading
Posted May 2, 2012 at CurrentMom
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Reflections on the Rosen-Romney Run-In
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Work Wednesday I spent last week on a special anniversary trip with my husband high up in the Andean mountains cut off (with the exception of a few Skype calls to my kids and their caretaking grandparents) from the Internet... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2012 at CurrentMom
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A Working Mom's Passover Plan
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Work Wednesday Passover, the Jewish holiday that commemorates the Jews' liberation from slavery in Egypt, begins in two days. Or more accurately, two nights. Although it's my favorite annual Jewish celebration, I've barely started my preparations for Friday night's seder,... Continue reading
Posted Apr 4, 2012 at CurrentMom
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Doonesbury's Decades Of Support for Women (and Working Moms)
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Work Wednesday I've been so busy for the past few weeks, at home and at work, that I've barely read the newspaper, listened to NPR or grabbed my Daily Show fix. But I've been riveted by cartoonist Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury... Continue reading
Posted Mar 21, 2012 at CurrentMom
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Working Moms Have Come Far . . . At Least In Public Opinion
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Work Wednesday Right around March every year, my inbox is inundated with announcements for Women's History Month presentations, discussions, and exhibitions featuring the stories of ordinary and extraordinary women who overcame legalized discrimination, entrenched social attitudes and lack of educational... Continue reading
Posted Mar 7, 2012 at CurrentMom
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"Radical" Working Moms and Retrograde Rick Santorum
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Work Wednesday Forget everything positive I've penned (well, keyboarded) about being a working mom these last few years on CurrentMom. (Like this piece on "More Joy, Less Divorce" from a few years back.) Apparently, I've been brainwashed by a posse... Continue reading
Posted Feb 22, 2012 at CurrentMom
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Bonjour Bébé: How French Parenting Practices Benefit Working Moms (and their Kids)
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Work Wednesday Globalization is the trend of this millennium so it's not surprising that it's taken over the parenting book industry. Last winter, the Wall Street Journal sparked an online controversy by publishing an excerpt from Amy Chua's Battle Hymn... Continue reading
Posted Feb 8, 2012 at CurrentMom
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In Praise of Failure
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Work Wednesday Apart from swearing off working mom studies, one of my chief New Year's resolutions - at least when it comes to this blog - was to write my posts in advance, or at least not wait until midnight... Continue reading
Posted Jan 11, 2012 at CurrentMom
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Resolved: Swearing Off Working Mom Studies for 2012
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Work Wednesday It's the time of the year for the media's annual news roundups, and 2011 will certainly be remembered for its headlines about fascinating, emotional, and world-changing events - from the Arab Spring to the Japanese earthquake/tsunami to the... Continue reading
Posted Dec 21, 2011 at CurrentMom
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Where Did The Year Go? Balancing Work and Family in 2011
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Work Wednesday One of my favorite blogs on all things working moms is The Miami Herald's Work/Life Balancing Act by Cindy Krischer Goodman. She writes about everything from current events to parenting issues, all with a focus on managing the... Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2011 at CurrentMom
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What's Going on in Working Moms' Beds?
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Work Wednesday One of my favorite treats is reading The New York Times in bed. But I wasn't thrilled with the Times' recent piece on what's going on in working moms' beds. It's not what you think, though. It's about... Continue reading
Posted Nov 9, 2011 at CurrentMom
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This Working Mom's Choice: Happiness over Housework
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Work Wednesday Yesterday, Working Mother magazine released What Moms Choose: The Working Mother Report, a detailed analysis of the findings from a nationwide survey of 3,781 moms (of the working and stay-at-home varieties) that sheds light on how women feel... Continue reading
Posted Oct 26, 2011 at CurrentMom
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A Working Mom's Birthday Blues
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Work Wednesday My daughter's 8th birthday is coming up in less than two weeks and I will be on a plane. For at least part of the day. This is the fifth or so time in the last eight years... Continue reading
Posted Oct 12, 2011 at CurrentMom
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ISO Work-Weekend Balance
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Work Wednesday On Sunday, the second day of an unusually rainy and cold fall weekend, a close friend posted this Facebook status update: "All Sunday activities (piano and soccer) were unexpectedly cancelled, so we find ourselves with an open day.... Continue reading
Posted Oct 5, 2011 at CurrentMom
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Shedding the Supermom Story
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Work Wednesday Recently, there's been a slew of articles and blogs about working moms, depression, and happiness, all favorite topics of mine. They've been touched off by a new study finding that working moms, overall, are less likely to be... Continue reading
Posted Sep 14, 2011 at CurrentMom
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I Don't Know How She Does It: Working Moms and Lice
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Work Wednesday There's a moment in the trailer for the soon-to-be-released Sarah Jessica Parker comedy, I Don't Know How She Does It, that made me laugh so hard I almost started to weep. I wasn't totally crazy about the book... Continue reading
Posted Aug 31, 2011 at CurrentMom
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Some Good News for Working Moms, their Daughters (and their Sons)
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Work Wednesday I promised at the beginning of the summer that I'd write about some lighter topics on this blog. Whether it's the enervating heat or just my need for summertime escapism, I've managed to deliver with posts on lunch,... Continue reading
Posted Aug 3, 2011 at CurrentMom
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Images from the Past
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Family Friday A lot of our family activities these days seem to be spurred by whatever Groupon, Living Social, Mamapedia, Certifikid or similar deal-of-the-day coupon my husband has snagged. We've gone kayaking, enrolled our daughter in swimming lessons, and taken... Continue reading
Posted Jul 29, 2011 at CurrentMom
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