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The Free Radicals

November 17th, 2008 · No Comments

A couple of months ago, our 2007AustinMamas group formed a childcare/pre-school co-op called the Free Radicals.  Ben and I belong to the Friday morning contingent of the group: every Friday morning six mom-and-baby pairs meet up at First UU Church of Austin to play.  Two of the six moms stay with the kids, and the […]

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I voted

October 31st, 2008 · No Comments

I voted early on Wednesday! Damn, it felt good to cast a vote for Barack Obama. Surreal, almost. I took Ben with me to witness the democratic process in action–big thanks to the sweet grandpa-type election volunteers who smiled at him and picked up the toys he threw on the floor while I marked my […]

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Labor Day weekend

September 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Saturday was more of the miserable same described in the last post.  But by Sunday, Ben was finally feeling better, so we met friends for pizza at Mangia on Saturday afternoon.  (Ben tried a few tiny bites of the pizza and seemed to like.)
On Labor Day morning I made minestrone with veggies freshly harvested from […]

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Tags: community · cooking · Ben