Monthly Archives: January 2011

Smile! Pando, The Trembling Giant

January 21, 2011 Posted by Issa under Nature
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In Fishlake National Forest in Utah there are about 47,000 trees, but they are actually a single organism! Click through to read more about this massive fascination. Keep Reading

Issa’s Reviews: Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner

January 14, 2011 Posted by Issa under Pregnancy and Birth
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Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner – FOUR STARS I’m not planning to review a lot of fiction books. I find non-fiction much more interesting, and my fiction choices are usually throw-away novels. Little Earthquakes is different for me, though. I have owned it for years and read it several times. I wanted to read it again while pregnant, and it touched me the same way it always did. It tugs at my heart, turns my emotions inside… Keep Reading

Snow – January 2011

January 10, 2011 Posted by Issa under Nature
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Last week I was buried in my laptop, and Joshua said, “It’s snowing outside.” I spun around to look out the window, and it wasn’t just snowing – it was snowing HUGE snowflakes that were sticking! I ran out with my camera because it was so pretty. Keep Reading

Issa’s Reviews: Pushed by Jennifer Block

January 7, 2011 Posted by Issa under Pregnancy and Birth
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Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by Jennifer Block – FOUR STARS The term physiological birth is often used to describe “natural” birth, as opposed to birth that is aided and assisted and managed along the way. Physiological basically just means having to do with the body, but I saw it in another context while reading this book. At one point the word comes at the end of the line so… Keep Reading

Plans

January 4, 2011 Posted by Issa under Uncategorized
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After waking up yesterday in a great mood, I immediately began to ponder all the things I wanted to do. A strong feature of my depression is the inability to do even the simplest things, like read a book. So, as soon as that passes, my mind goes right to work on making plans for the future or getting back to previous plans I had made. This has upsides and downsides. The upside is that… Keep Reading

Depression

January 3, 2011 Posted by Issa under Uncategorized
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I’ve wanted to write about my depression on LoveLiveGrow for awhile now, but it’s a very difficult thing for me to write about. It’s not that I don’t want to talk about it. I’m an oddly open person, and I’m willing to talk about almost anything in public. And depression is nothing unusual, really, in the scheme of things, so like my miscarriages, it strikes me as something that we might ought to talk about… Keep Reading

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