Category Archives: Cackling Crone

Arranging Your Face

Posted on December 21, 2012 by liveoaklinda

He looks down at them and arranges his face.  Erasmus says that you must do this each morning before you leave your house: ‘put on a mask, as it were.’ – from Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel I find this face arranging especially … Continue reading →

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Two Feet on the Ground

Posted on October 24, 2012 by liveoaklinda

I just finished Nora Ephron‘s book, I Feel Bad About My Neck, a.k.a. “I Hate My Neck”. Omg, I hate my neck too: “You have to cut open a redwood tree to see how old it is, but you wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Can Grandmas Have It All?

Posted on August 15, 2012 by liveoaklinda

There’s been no avoiding the latest mothers-who-also-have-paid-work debate, a.k.a. the mommy wars.  Does anyone else out there think there’s something missing in this latest salvo? & no, I don’t mean the daddy’s, although one has to wonder what’s going through … Continue reading →

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