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Obamanation: super ads, subterfuge, and suspicious friends
Why one young black man is voting for McCain/Palin
Down syndrome - inspirational photo essay
Our Wasilla correspondent on the aftermath of Hurricane Sarah
Today is Yom Kippur
Tripp hits setback to his recovery
Life with Down syndrome - share your experience
Down syndrome success story
Sarah Palin on Laura Ingraham before noon today
Video: Fannie Mae CEO calls Obama and Dems the "Family" and "Conscience" of Fannie Mae
Voters Guide for Serious Catholics
The Invisible Woman
2004: Democrats revile backers of Fannie Mae regulation
Boomers' memory test
Vaccination harrassment - moms vent
Elisabeth Elliot on life's difficulties
Planned Parenthood spreads Palin/rape kit lies - despite CNN setting record straight
TV going digital - well, at least we can laugh. . .
Palin: Madeleine Albright's Starbucks cup quote
Palin deals with a heckler in Florida
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Where Will Barbara Be?
October 15, 2008
9:30 am - Moms Faith Formation Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church Potomac Falls, VA
October 25, 2008
Writers' Workshop
Lovettsville Library
2:00 pm
February 20, 2009
The God of Second Chances
Christian Fellowship Church MOPS ~ 9:30 am
April 1-7, 2009
Mt. Hermon Writers Conference
Critique Team and
Writing workshops
Other Interesting Stuff
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Our Little Extras: A Mother's Day Down syndrome celebration
See the winners here!
March for Life 2008
See my photo journal!
Kinda like a tip jar :)
Loudoun County
Jonny - Loudoun Valley Viking mascot
DC Metro/ VA Down syndrome - pumpkin patch invitation!
Loudoun Ballet - Peter and the Wolf this weekend at Franklin Park
Father dies saving son with Down syndrome
Loudoun County Animal Shelter - Special Event 9/20
Loudoun County Public Schools victory!
McCain Palin rally - Fairfax VA 9/10 tickets
Loudoun emergency information
Loudoun County Public Schools inclusion: token or authentic?
PHC hosts film premiere 9/6 at Franklin Park
Loudoun gun owners - free safety locks
R is the new n-word - time to bury it too.
Once upon a time there was a retard
Help for Loudoun commuters
Loudoun County Parks and Rec - save money + time
Maddy and Jonny in Godspell
Godspell - free performances in Loudoun
Blue Ridge Leader / Patrick Henry College - yet another baseless attack
Rescue Squad Special needs registry - Purcellville
Sophia graduated today!
Heat, hail, hello summer in metro DC
Alex Barton and public school inclusion
Loudoun: Athlete 2 Athlete kickball clinic
Purcellville Gazette - home of my new column Family Matters
Loudoun Schools: Hats off to Harmony Intermediate!
Real Life in Loudoun - tangling with tornados
Special Ed, IEPs, Wright's Law, and empowered parenting
More than I wanted to know about ticks - but I guess we need to - *sigh*
Freedom vs Protection - thinking it over
What about "draft" IEPs?
Loudoun: Good news from the Sheriff's Dapartment
Loudoun County Public Schools - school nurse problems
The IEP process: Wrightslaw equips parents
Loudoun County foreclosures make national news
Loudoun County - Huge clothing giveaway 4/5
Loudoun County taxes climb despite financial woes/foreclosures
Loudoun County: The Isaacs - free bluegrass concert April 26
Loudoun County Public Schools and beyond: hyper-vigilant school nurses?
Loudoun County Women's Self-Defense Workshop
Easter snow!!!
Female teachers as predators - a growing problem
Loudoun Favorite Tree Photo Contest
Loudoun County - WaPo on Very Special Arts' new play
Loudoun County: Very Special Arts - "The Old Homeplace"
The Loudoun Times-Mirror has dropped my column
Loudoun County Public Schools - one parent's report card
And Tango makes activism
LCPS Board meeting tonight - penguins on parade?
Propaganda in children's literature
Loudoun County Schools: the Tango tangle continues
Loudoun County Schools: what's the real story behind gay censorship charges?
Special Ed in Loudoun County: overcoming the bigotry of low expectations
Patrick Henry College - above all, a good neighbor
Prayers for Daniel still needed - and for a teacher MIA
Loudoun County Public Schools: an open letter
Loudoun ice storm
Loudoun County Public Schools closed
Daniel needs your prayers
Affluence and big families
Avoid foreclosure
Waterford Elementary gets A+ on inclusion
Memo to Loudoun Schools: Retarded is an "N" word
Loudoun County Public Schools: a question
Special ed in Loudoun - who hired this guy?
Special ed in Loudoun County - one parent's perspective
Deadlines, news, and what's ahead
Loudoun School Board Member John Stevens weighs in on Christmas
My life - quick and random thoughts
Loudoun Valley High School has no power today
Public schools and religious freedom: Can one person make a difference?
Christmas shut out at Waterford Elementary School?
Inclusive Schools Week
Godspell at Loudoun Valley High this weekend
An open letter to Loudoun County Parks and Rec
Volunteers needed Monday - Loudoun County Salvation Army
freak dancing at Loudoun Valley High School and elsewhere
Virginia Special Ed regulations - proposed changes
Special education in Loudoun - one battle won
Loudoun County Public Schools - calling all Special Ed families
Who Is Mainstream Loudoun?
Life planning for kids with special needs - northern Virginia workshop
Special Education - law and advocacy
Gleaning: a way to help others in Loudoun County
Ashburn MOPS 10/12 - see you there!
Waterford Fair 2007 slideshow
Waterford Fair - misty maidens
On prejudice, disabilities, and hypocrisy
Disabilities and prejudice - working through it
Sacred music in public schools - yes, you can!
What's going on with me this week
Project Cuddle in Loudoun County
Rachel's Legacy at Loudoun Valley High School - part 2
Rachel's Legacy at Loudoun Valley High School 9/13
Abandoned baby's body found in Loudoun County
For Jonny, Down syndrome rocks!
Dishwasher Magic
Loudoun Youth Symphony Orchestra - free concert tonight!
Loudoun County - kids' orchestra petting zoo today!
Mainstream Loudoun and censorship
Mainstream Loudoun supporter/ACLU attorney pleads guilty to child porn charges
Mailing my books in Waterford today
Loudoun County moms of kindergartners with DS meeting tomorrow
Sophia at Victorian Ball
Meet the Robinsons
Soulforce and Patrick Henry College
A rant that maybe only moms of kids with special needs will understand
Keith Deltano answers Mainstream Loudoun on abstinence
Should sexual orientation be taught in the classroom?
Loudoun County Very Special Arts - Japanese Fairy Tales
Starbucks and wretched excess - coming to Purcellville too?
Who Is Mainstream Loudoun?
Apron Talk!
Loudoun County News and why everyone just might be more than a little interested in what's going on where I live
Mainstream Loudoun - now your teen has *real* help!
Leesburg Today and news bias in Loudoun County - Part 2
Mainstream Loudoun - are they mainstream?
Who is Mainstream Loudoun?
Leesburg Today and news bias in Loudoun County
Loudoun County - OnStage this weekend
From a disgruntled Loudoun reader
Leesburg Today: News bias in Loudoun County
Loudoun Valley High School: Dirty Dancing continues
Loudoun County Schools closed?
Loudoun County or northern Virginia readers?
Teaching kids to think for themselves: bringing abstinence education to Loudoun County and a school near you as well
My column in this week's Loudoun Times Mirror - Why I March for Life
Crime in the boonies
Les Miz
Les Miz premiers in Loudoun!
Something to cheer about: Athlete-to-Athlete
Bustin' my buttons!
My Loudoun Times-Mirror column 10/18 - on abstinence
Les Miz in Loudoun!
Time to move
No lions or tigers, but bears - oh my!
Another reason I love Virginia - or How Sophia got her License
This weather is distracting, to say the least
This weather is distracting, to say the least
Entertaining Angels
More on Jonny
Jonny - for the benefit of my neighbors who do not want to know him
Local news: Pippin
Kids, Culture, and Self-Control
My favorite doctor!
Free concert tonight
Who owns our kids?
Loudoun celebrates Veterans Day
Mother of 12 lives
to write about it!
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Reading to Kids
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Goops and How to Be Them
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Read-Aloud Bible Stories
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