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22 January 2013 by not a wild hera
My toddler has been deeply asleep for two hours, and looks like he won’t need anything more than a lying-down, …
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Category: blogging, community, depression, emotional well-being, health, home, hospitality, kids, parenting, pastor, self-care, sleep, whanau, writing
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Tags: babysitting, Bic Runga, brilliant and amazing, Facebook, Get Some Sleep, Gretchen Rubin, Harvard Business Review, La Méridienne oú La sieste d'apres Millet, Making Parenting Easier, Noon Rest from Work, sleep deprivation, sleep hygiene, The Happiness Project, Vincent van Gogh
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17 January 2013 by not a wild hera
Making Parenting Easier. If that title doesn’t get parents reading, nothing will. Sorry, I’m not offering not a cash giveaway, a …
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Category: blogging, community, depression, emotional well-being, health, home, hospitality, kids, parenting, pastor, self-care, sleep, whanau, writing
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Tags: babysitting, brilliant and amazing, Facebook, God, Making Parenting Easier, neighbours, perfectionism, possessions, sleep deprivation
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3 January 2013 by not a wild hera
O email! O you super-convenient marvel! O you disappointing eater of time! Are you in control of your inbox or …
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Category: community, correspondence, media, pastor, social media, technology, writing
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Tags: chat, Chris Anderson, conflict, email, email bankruptcy, Email Charter, etiquette, Facebook, Gmail, inbox, Inbox Zero, New Year's Guide, TED, thoughtful
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14 December 2012 by not a wild hera
I’ve never had a December like this one. Impressed with a friend’s insightful comment on Facebook about a school prizegiving …
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Category: Advent, Christmas, church, consumerism, culture, food, pastor, school, spirituality
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Tags: busyness, December, extracurricular activities, Facebook, holidays, Making Room for Life, nativity play, Northern Hemisphere, parties, Randy Frazee, schedules, Southern Hemisphere
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24 November 2012 by not a wild hera
Letters of Note is an extraordinary site, publishing transcripts and facsimiles of fascinating correspondence. There’s a huge range. The most …
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Category: correspondence, fatherhood, kids, science, social media
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Tags: email, Facebook, Fiona Apple, Jerry Linengar, letter-writing, letters from fathers, Letters of Note, letters to children, slavery, space travel
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15 November 2012 by not a wild hera
There’s too much bad news in the world. And there’s more than there used to be. Go to your usual …
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Category: community, consumerism, culture, depression, emotional well-being, friends, lament, media, news, prayer, self-care, social justice, social media, television
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Tags: baby animals, bad news, crime, Facebook, famine, gossip, Sherlock Holmes, Social media, Syria, The Simpsons, violence, war
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6 November 2012 by not a wild hera
Home, home, home. On returning to New Zealand, the hospitality we received from friends and former-acquaintances-now-friends made us quite reflective. …
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Category: attachment parenting, community, depression, friends, gratitude, hospitality, look up, pastor, social media, spirituality
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Tags: Auckland, ducks, Facebook, Hamilton, Making Room, Mokau, New Plymouth, Ngaruhoe, postnatal depression, Psalm 121, Ruapehu, Taranaki, theodicy, Tongariro, West Baptist Church
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3 November 2012 by not a wild hera
A guest post by Jenny Bucksmith. I sometimes feel like the third wheel in my own family. As the only …
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Category: blogging, boys and girls, fatherhood, gratitude, home, kids, mother-father dynamics, motherhood, partners, self-care, sleep, social media
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Tags: All Blacks, carnivorous plants, Facebook, guest post, Jenny Bucksmith, nightmare, Richie McCaw
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2 November 2012 by not a wild hera
Somewhere on ye internets, a few years ago, I read a great post, by, you know, someone. You’ll be astonished …
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Category: blogging, culture, food, hilarity, self-care, social media
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Tags: brilliant and amazing, encouragement, Facebook, Pinterest, self-deprecation
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