Agnostic Mom

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Archive for March, 2006

The War On Science

Posted: Sunday, March 12th, 2006 @ 1:31 pm in Education, Evolution, Intelligent Design, News, Science | 18 Comments »

In an earlier post I emphasized our need to protect the modern approach to science, stating that the U.S. may be headed toward a crisis if we don’t reverse current trends. One of my readers wanted to know in what sense I see the country falling behind in the science arena. It wasn’t [...]

Where I Hope Not To Offend Too Many Mormons

Posted: Saturday, March 11th, 2006 @ 5:57 pm in Religion | 6 Comments »

After a 143-day record-breaking drought, we finally got rain. It began raining in the early morning hours of darkness and has continued until now, 6 p.m. It shows no intent of stopping.
My Arizona-raised children respond to rain the way California children respond to snow. They got to use their umbrellas today for [...]

Galileo

Posted: Thursday, March 9th, 2006 @ 4:39 pm in Books, Children, Education, History, Parenting, Science | 9 Comments »

When we stopped going to church, libraries and bookstores became a favorite destination for our family. We go a lot, and I love that my children consider a visit to a repository of books a desirable adventure.
This time an appearance from Strawberry Shortcake called us to a locally owned bookstore we’d never [...]

Spirituality At Your Favorite Alcohol Distributing Venue

Posted: Sunday, March 5th, 2006 @ 9:25 am in Mortality, Social, Spiritual | 21 Comments »

My best friend, Tami, just had her birthday and we decided to celebrate at a cozy, yet contemporary wine bar and bistro, D’Vine.
We love the atmosphere at D’Vine, but we especially love the food. Oh, and the wine is really good, too.
At one end if the room is an inviting circle of three love [...]

Catching Us Up

Posted: Saturday, March 4th, 2006 @ 10:46 pm in Blog, Community | 1 Comment »

It’s evening, and I am not quite ready to post the piece I’ve been working on today. I still owe Ben a post on Science In Crisis. I just started organizing my sources. I am sorry I have yet to write it. Hopefully it will hit this week. Hifi and [...]

Don’t Stifle The Inquisitors

Posted: Thursday, March 2nd, 2006 @ 10:30 am in Children, Education, Parenting | 11 Comments »

The pace of my week took a drastic turn, as well as my plans for accomplishment, when my almost three-year-old son, Aiden, decided to take notice of the throne in his bathroom. It is a throne on which he has refused to sit for at least six months now. Maybe more. I [...]