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Temperature Conjecture
How do digital thermometers work?
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Creepy Crawlies, Anyone?
You aren’t getting my babies, I thought when I first saw the wasp flying around our bedroom. I caught it with a glass on the window and let it outside. I was not particularly concerned. After all, it isn’t unusual for an insect to get in the house. A couple of days later, I saw […]
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Metabolic Relationships Between the Mother and Fetus
Someone I once knew who had seven children said “Isn’t it interesting how you can feel so different in between pregnancies? After one, you might feel not quite so good. After another, you feel great.” I’ve had four kids now, and I think she is right. Every pregnancy can affect a woman differently, and the […]
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a morning haiku
a mantle lifts off the mountains reveals snow
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The first, but probably not the last “two for one”
Because I missed yesterday, you get TWO questions today. Another exploration into lactation: How did mammary glands evolve? and Do people see the exact same colors I see? I mean, if I got to see through their eyes and brain, would their blue be the same as mine?
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The cultural divide between me and other women
Today I went to a friend’s house for a “Girl’s Night Out”. I generally enjoyed myself, but I came away from the experience with a sense of not quite fitting in right. This had nothing to do with the party itself, but instead is a common feeling I have around groups of other women. I […]
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A Question on Lactation
How is milk manufactured in the breasts? I know it collects in milk ducts, but how do all the actual components get in it, in the right proportions?
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No, no, no…
With the milestone of crawling, comes a different milestone in parenting: telling baby “No.†No, at this stage, is typically shorthand for: “Don’t eat the remote.†“Don’t eat that book.†“Don’t eat that grody cheerio.†“Don’t eat that… ?? half dead wasp!!â€
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Question of the Day
You know, I have questions all the time. I’m sure some of them have good answers, but I don’t have time to track the answers to ALL of my questions. Believe me. If I’d been doing that, I’d probably have several PhDs under my belt by now. Others can probably never be answered. So, for […]
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Fitness is a Lifestyle
“No, no sweetheart,†I said, breathing as hard as I was peddling. But of course, my seven month old son didn’t understand. When he got to the exercise bike, he reached up to get to a standing position near his mommy. I slowed down, and got off the bike for the third and final time. […]