Author Archives: Ann
Sarah Palin is a Good Mom, but What does that Have to do with being V.P.?
by Ann Bibby I don’t like to admit being a feminist at all. So much about the movement still seems exclusive to me. My generation grew up between the second wave and the third. Victims of the “having it all” … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Politics, Women, Working Families
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Have Gun. Will Teach.
by Ann Bibby As a former middle and high school teacher, I will admit to moments in the classroom and hallway where I worried about my own safety and that of other students. Even in the Midwest, where I was … Continue reading
Posted in Education, WTF?
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11 Foods We Should Eat
by Ann Bibby Try as I might, I have not yet struck the tasty balance between nutrition and yumminess when it comes to feeding my family. I am still most likely to stick with the tried and true. Especially where … Continue reading
Are We Free to Parent Our Kids?
by Ann Bibby A single mother in Winnipeg is fighting to regain custody of her children. She alleges they were taken from her by Manitoba’s child and family services agency because of her political beliefs.
John McCain on Women’s Issues
by Ann Bibby Although it shouldn’t be so, John McCain’s views on women’s issues like fair pay and birth control access aren’t as widely known as they should be. In fact McCain’s positions and thoughts about women are outdated enough … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Women
Tagged John McCain, Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Presidential Election 2008
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Bees and Wasps: Avoiding and Treating Stings
by Ann Bibby Until two summers ago I was blithely ignorant of bees and wasps. Having spent many a fall and spring dispatching the bees who wandered into my classroom via screenless windows I was a bit too nonchalant really. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Health Care
Tagged avoiding insect stings, bee allergies, bees, hornets, treating stings, wasps, yellow jackets
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Flip Flopping? Only If You Like Foot Pain.
by Ann Bibby I have always been amazed by my kindergartener’s hardiness. Long before the trees bud, she is clamoring for summer footwear which become the mainstay of her wardrobe until long after the same trees are bare again in … Continue reading
The 100 Thing Challenge
by Ann Bibby A year ago my fiancé and I were attempting to pack my entire adult life plus my four year old daughter’s life’s accumulations into a 6 by 12 foot U-haul for our move from the Midwest to … Continue reading