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In February, I'm going to blog about things I love. Anyone care to join me? One of things I love is DIY. Do it Yourself! Maybe because in an alternate reality, my family would've been pioneers on the prairie. Why buy anything that you could make? ...

Blog entry - diber - 02/02/2010 - 16:48 - 4 comments

I'm so excited to have Heather Ross's new book arrive in the mail today: Weekend Sewing: More Than 40 Projects and Ideas for Inspired Stitching . I think it's one of my favorite books yet. I've been a huge fan of Heather Ross fabrics, and this book ...

Blog entry - diber - 02/26/2009 - 19:53 - 1 comment

Lilian wrote about a book that is exactly what I have been looking for for years: Mama, Ph.D: Women Write About Motherhood and Academic Life (Rutgers University Press 2008), edited by Elrena Evans and Caroline Grant. (A university press, no ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/28/2008 - 20:38 - 0 comments

You may find this article interesting: Why Do Babies Cry . It discusses the anatomy and physiology of the first few minutes of a newborn's life. What happens as they exchange breathing through the umbilical cord to breathing through their lungs. ...

Blog entry - diber - 04/02/2008 - 23:30 - 0 comments

And there's 10 weeks more. Could I get any bigger? I don't think I'll go all the way to 40 weeks. I really don't. I'm guessing somewhere around 37 or 38. (If I'm totally wrong, do not...I repeat...DO NOT rub it in my face or ...

Blog entry - diber - 03/20/2008 - 20:16 - 17 comments

Some people are just badass . Click here for the beginning of a series by Camille, former BJU prof, rockin' mama, brilliant scholar. Email this post Thank you for your interest in spreading the word about asteroid B612. ...

Blog entry - diber - 03/06/2008 - 10:28 - 1 comment

I don't know why I am even blogging about this, since it will likely end up in a fruitless ramble and totally uninteresting. It just rolls around in my head all the time. I'm always thinking about "when I get back into research/into a PhD program". I'm ...

Blog entry - diber - 02/19/2008 - 22:28 - 6 comments

I have recently found a blog that just blows me away. It's my new favorite blog: The Artful Parent: The intersection of Art and Parenting . The title kind of says it all. It's about a mother and her interactions with her toddler doing art things, ...

Blog entry - diber - 02/11/2008 - 10:40 - 3 comments

Out of 34 votes, 21 voted for girl and 13 for boy. pretty sure it's a boy!! After waiting an hour and a half past my appt time, we finally got in there, and position-wise the baby wasn't quite as cooperative as E had been for the moment of ...

Blog entry - diber - 01/16/2008 - 22:32 - 16 comments

So I finally signed up on Goodreads . I'm still figuring it out. From the looks of it, though, I'm apparently the last person in the world to be on there. Hopefully it will encourage me to actually finish books. I'm not used to having free reading air ...

Blog entry - diber - 01/01/2008 - 23:57 - 3 comments

bust of Laurent Clerc By request, I'm posting a bit more about our stop at the American School for the Deaf in Hartford on the way home from our fabulous Maine Vacation. This was our first trip up through New England, and I thought ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/20/2007 - 11:33 - 3 comments

I've been meaning to blog various sundry things, but I think I'll just blitz by them with a nod for the sake of time. First, here's a fun music cognition test from the Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne (via Household Opera ). It involves listening ...

Blog entry - diber - 03/01/2006 - 11:21 - 1 comment

Maybe I should've posted this yesterday, but I was too busy, zipping off to Lancaster to visit my family for the rest of the afternoon. In her comments yesterday, my mom ponders I just wonder is it easier to never have heard, than to hear and lose ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/27/2005 - 12:58 - 1 comment