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very cool blog.

I look at my angsty rantings on LJ, and at the same angsty rantings getting repeated from a year or two back without much change, and I feel very stuck. Like I keep trying to make progress and just not doing it. I think part of it is that most of the progress I have made has come in the form of various insights and improving experiences or new ( Read more... )

I started with the Joy of Cooking basic pancake recipe and somehow got this ( Read more... )

This warning was on a box of wax paper I bought. It put me in mind of the expression 'cutting edge' technology. The whole idea of making progress a predatory, combative, dangerous thing, and making that in turn be considered a good way to be, has always rankled me. What if you're happy and loving and joyful and soft, and you want to make people ( Read more... )

parents should have faith in their children's (a) instincts or (b) need to learn more 'the hard way,' and not "warn" them of all the things that could go wrong or the ways they might be seen badly if they do a certain thing. If parents are constantly expressing anxiety at the way their children interact with others, how will the children not feel ( Read more... )