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Moomintroll books by Tove Jansson

November 19, 2008

Tove Jansson was the author of the Finnish Moomin series of children’s books that include her beautiful, unique illustrations.  The books were originally written in Swedish, as she was part of the minority of Swedish-descended Finns.  She published the first Moomins book, The Moomins and the Great Flood, in 1945 during WWII.  Despite their age, […]

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How “socialism” helps me give my child presence

October 12, 2008

In addition to being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it’s also Attachment Parenting month. The theme of this year’s Attachment Parenting month is “Giving our Children Presence.” API Speaks, the blog of Attachment Parenting International, is holding a blog carnival of presence to bring awareness to how we can give our children our presence in the […]

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Bemz: Giving your Ikea sofa new life

September 5, 2008

When I first moved to Germany, we bought a nice, plush, rich-purple-fabric-swathed sofa. This was pre-baby and pre-dog. It is now a slightly less nice, plush, purple sofa covered in drool, spit up, juice, and cookie crumbs. I wish it was as easy for us as it was for a couple of […]

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