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ANNE LAMOTT & The Writing Mamas Perform in The Mama Monologues!

Anne Lamott and The Writing Mamas invite you to leave the kids at home, grab a comfy seat in the audience and enjoy a well-deserved evening of fun, laughter, tears, and wisdom, food, and wine, while...

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The DNA of Love

I’ve had the crud for more than a month now. It’s become a way of life. Headache. Tummy torment. Vomit. A valley of frogs in my throat that gives me a hint of what I might sound like if I were to...

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Let’s All Whine Together!

My daughter loves to whine. When she does so she accompanies it with jerky body movements that some might think could be a new dance. One shoulder slumps down, the other back, while her arms flail in...

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What’s for Lunch?

Every day now for years I have packed a school lunch for my daughter. I’ve struggled with making sure the food is healthy, varietal and yummy. Each day her lunchbox would come home with remnants of...

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So Not a Party Planner

Once again it is that time of the year. Which means it is two months past my daughter’s birthday. She was born at the end of July however her birthday party (party being the ONLY thing that matters) is...

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Could You Survive After Being Shot 15 Times?

Abelina Magana knows something you and me will never know. She was shot 15 times and lived to tell. During the nearly half-hour it took her husband to shoot her repeatedly, she thought only of her...

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Would YOU Sell Your Soul to Write

After writing full-time at a news wire service in San Francisco I decided to move to New York City and become a full-time freelance writer. My only writing connection was to a new women’s magazine that...

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Supermarket Parenting

I was doing my weekly schlep to Whole Foods when I noticed something. It was not the new mango-wasabi-beet foam reduction organic chutney for $10.99. Though ordinarily that would capture my attention....

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How to Find a Big Deal

In a former life I was a bargain shopper. That was my job. I would write about and appear on TV to talk about sales. My bestselling guide was called The Joy of Outlet Shopping. And it was a joy....

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You’ve Got a Friend

A mother and daughter share a best friend.

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