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Footwear designers are working overtime to develop shoes that meet women’s demands for stylish comfort.(Stylish seems like an outmoded word these days, doesn’t it, since we’re veering into a time where everyone is true to their own essence, and no single fashionable “look” predominates.) These new summer sandles from Aravon strike me as a good…

Aren’t you guys the best for energetically helping me select what to serve to our bar mitzvah guests? The pro-Coke and pro-Diet Coke people seem to have a slight edge. Or more accurately, the folks in favor of beverage “choice” are winning. But there was loads of disagreement on how health-fixated the party should be.…

Here’s an album I wish I told you about earlier: “Mama’s Hand: Bluegrass and Mountain Songs About Mother.” It’s old, but timely since Mother’s Day is Sunday. Go to this Amazon.com link and click on the words “Play All” if you like Bluegrass. If you’re into Rhythm & Blues, let’s hope XM Satellite Radio reissues…

“All true trophies of the agesAre from mother-love impearled;For the hand that rocks the cradleIs the hand that rules the world.” –William Ross Wallace “An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.” –old Spanish proverb “A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.” –Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Be sure to watch this video sponsored by No More Victims. In it, actors and activists read Julia Ward Howe’s original “Mother’s Day Proclamation” from 1870 which called women of the world to unite for peace. Contributions to the group help children damaged by the Iraqi war find medical treatment.

May the blessing of the DivineBe an especially bright benedictionUpon mothers everywhereOn your blessed day –On Mother’s Day! –by Susan Kramer. You’ll find more prayers here.

It’s not a time for perfume and bath powder. This Mother’s Day calls for less frou-frou and more action, says astrologer Shelley Ackerman. Mars squares Pluto on May 13. “This war-like aspect is more descriptive of a military strike or a demolition than it is for a quiet civilized meal.” She advises kids, husbands, and…

“So when did the surgeon general come out against gluten?” Mr. Chattering once asked snidely when he noticed that I was feeding our children waffles that were gluten-free. Gluten is a protein that comes from wheat, barley, or rye, and can generally be found in any food containing flour (though beer, which generally is distilled…

Oh, this is great fun. Read Laura Sheahen’s interview with writer/atheist/furious former Trotskyist Christopher Hitchens, author of the new book “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.” Here he is, in all his charming contrariness. An excerpt: How do you think atheists should get along interpersonally with people of strong faith? Obviously, if they’re…

Thanks to Barb and others for the wonderful posts on faith and cigarettes. Fredrick recommends the book “The EasyWay to Stop Smoking,” by Allen Carr, and says it has an amazing success rate. Elmo (hi!) says the “patch,” and the smoking-cessation-support website Quitnet.org (which sports the motto “Don’t Quit Alone”) proved invaluable. Here are two…
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