Roadmaps & Crossroads
I had the most fitful and totally sleepless night last night, which I am happy to say is unusual for me. Still, with the recent total...
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alexiabaum711
- May 27
- 4 min
GUNS IN AMERICA
It was way back in kindergarten when my now 19 year old son came home and said “Mom, we had a bad man thing today – we practiced just in...
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alexiabaum711
- Apr 2
- 4 min
Expect Goodness (& You Will Find It)
A few decades ago, in a previous life when I worked as a professional horse trainer (since I wasn’t rich, the only way to be around...
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alexiabaum711
- Mar 20
- 4 min
Outsiders & Belonging
I have always felt like an outsider. "Other' if you will. Like I didn't fully belong to whatever crowd I was then a part of. Or as...
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alexiabaum711
- Mar 4
- 4 min
Springtime
My adoption memoir Searching for Pinky – An Absurdly True Quest for Motherhood & Family is available for pre-orders now on Amazon, Barnes...
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alexiabaum711
- Feb 26
- 5 min
It Takes a Village (aka Stepmothers & Other Strangers)
I met over lunch with my ex-husband’s new wife the other day. My son’s new stepmother. In fact, it was I who suggested the meeting (an...
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alexiabaum711
- Feb 26
- 3 min
B+ (Be Positive) - The Power of Unplugging
I am a political animal, always have been. I have always loved a heated debate, and thrilled to an intelligent exchange of ideas. I am...
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alexiabaum711
- Feb 26
- 4 min
B+ (Be Positive) - Cocoons, Neighbors & Preconceived Notions
We recently hosted a half dozen black and red caterpillars on our front porch; we initially noticed them one by one in the front yard,...
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alexiabaum711
- Feb 26
- 4 min
B+ AKA Be Positive – Musings of a Suddenly Unemployed Newly Crowned Domestic Goddess
After fighting off a low level depression the last week or so (ok, month or so) – hey, if it’s good enough for Michelle Obama, it’s good...
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alexiabaum711
- Feb 26
- 4 min
FROM THEIR COLD, RELUCTANT HANDS (aka Stay in Your Lane)
It was a typical Monday and I was typically commuting from one harried spot on the west side of Los Angeles to my place of work some 30...
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alexiabaum711
- Feb 26
- 5 min
5 from the 405 - Freeway Musings from A Harried Single Mother - "Family Man"
As I embark on this new and hopefully more frequent blog post, which will include regular freeway inspired musings, some political rants,...
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alexiabaum711
- Feb 26
- 8 min
Clay
Clay made the best gumbo in the world. He was from New Orleans, and it was a family tradition. It had everything in it – shrimp,...
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alexiabaum711
- Feb 26
- 26 min
317A
The first thing I saw when I stepped out of the elevator was the old man with the transparent skin. He was walking into the wall over...
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alexiabaum711
- Feb 26
- 9 min
HE'S HAD HIS FUN...
Sam Taylor made me love music. I was 16 years old when my sister’s fake ID got me past the tattooed doorman at the Taurus Tavern. On the...
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alexiabaum711
- Feb 26
- 2 min
On Joan Rivers and Lemonade
It was 3:28am exactly last night, or rather this morning, as I was tossing and turning in my hot bedroom, rueing the day I had smugly...
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