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The Word That Shook the Living Room: A TV Moment, Reimagined In 1952, Lucy says she’s “expecting”—and a third-grader’s grandparents lose it. A funny, tender look at parenting, ADHD, and the power of one taboo word.

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Sitcom-ing it
📺 “Forget ‘expecting.’ Try ‘communist.’ Or ‘divorce.’ Or ‘trans.’ Or ‘DEI.’ Or ‘immigrant.’ That’ll get them going.”

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I closed my Lowe's credit card today. Once we finish paying off the dishwasher, I am going to close Home Depot cc. Hoping that Costco opens soon!

Restructure your finances to align with your values

#dei #values

The Conductor’s Daughter - Talking Iguana My Lunch with Max J • Written by Lesa Quale Ferguson Max sat rapt by the campfire, flames flickering in his wide eyes, lips smudged with burnt marshmallows and chocolate. The story I told—off the c...

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A ghost story, a friendship, and how we pass down the things that haunt us.

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The Tortoise, the Hare, and the Fox: An Adoption Fable - Talking Iguana This is a fable about how, in adoption, we aren't always genetically engineered to tend to the baby we chose • Originally posted on FB, February 6 , 2018 • Written by Lesa Quale Ferguson Once upo...

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An Adoption Fable

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The Tortoise, the Hare, and the Fox: An Adoption Fable - Talking Iguana This is a fable about how, in adoption, we aren't always genetically engineered to tend to the baby we chose • Originally posted on FB, February 6 , 2018 • Written by Lesa Quale Ferguson Once upo...

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Damn target and Lowes? Frig

The Opera of the Cake: A Tale of Three Mothers - Talking Iguana Originally posted on FB, December 2018 • Written by Lesa Quale Ferguson • My son Sam and I come from two cultures famous for mothers who spoil their sons: Immigrant Irish and Italian. It must be ...

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A Story in 3 Cakes

Sneak Peak" "Well, the Pike’s ma hadn’t a ha’penny to her name, but by Jesus and Patrick, she wouldn’t hear of her mac sailing off without something finer than that fella’s cake."

#operacake #riffing #mothering #stories

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This is Carolyn Edwards. She was one of the first officers attacked and knocked out on January 6th. She bravely testified before the January 6th committee. She is one of the bravest people I know and she deserves better. (She posted this publicly on her FB page which is why I'm sharing publicly)

Optimism - Take 2 — Author Shari Lane For the writers and the dreamers. For all of us.

Brilliant author Shari Lane examines Hopeful Pessimism:

...driven by principles such as justice, duty, solidarity with your fellow human, and . . . your sense of goodness. You act because you feel you must.

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A Harvard study suggests that Buffalo could become a "climate haven" because of our cool climate, access to freshwater, and a low risk of wildfires and coastal storms. Um, I have a hard time imagining Martin Short living next door.