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My heart breaks for children whose parents don't know the difference between "lying" and "believing."

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It's Summertime: Let Your Kids Play

5/27/12 7:53pm by Jane Byers Goodwin
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 Summertime sure has changed since dinosaurs ruled the earth I was a kid.  Read more >

Are You Mom Enough? Beats Me; I Have Enough Trouble Judging Myself. . . .

5/12/12 7:19pm by Jane Byers Goodwin
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I'm looking at the cover of Time magazine as I type, but it doesn't whip me into any kind of frenzy.  Jamie Grumet's childrearing methods are her business, not mine, and I'm not fool enough to let a tired marketing ploy influence me in any way, or make me either justified or angry.  Time must have been hard - pushed for controversy this week to dig up this old, tired topic.I'm not saying that I agree with her, but what difference does that make?  She probably doesn't agree with me, either, and again, what difference does that make?  Read more >

The Last Time

4/20/12 10:45pm by Jane Byers Goodwin
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Sometimes, when I look at my son, I try to observe him as if I did not know him.  He's all grown up now, but I tend to perceive him as the little boy he once was. I need to work on that, but so far, no dice.  He's my little boy.I'm still amazed that he has his own place, in another city; that he isn't going back home with us. He's a grown man, after all, to everybody on the planet except me.  He's my little boy.  Read more >

Rest In Peace Dick Clark: Memories from Our Sofa

4/18/12 7:41pm by Jane Byers Goodwin
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Image Courtesy Zuma Press

Dick Clark has died.This will make little difference to most of you, save that your New Year's Rockin' Eve will be hosted by someone else now. But to me, this is another one of so many things, lately, that I call "The end of my childhood."  Read more >

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Full Name
Jane Goodwin
Member Since
October 2006
About Me: 

I am an absent-minded professor, an empty-nest mommy, a social media specialist, an internet watchdog/liason, a professional writer, an education advocate/critic, and a speaker.   I do not suffer fools gladly, and I don't think you should, either. In fact, I don't think ANYBODY should suffer fools gladly, for fools are responsible for most of the evil in the world.  I believe in proper public behavior, good grammar, and fairies.  I loathe political correctness, euphemisms, smokers, and people who let their kids run wild in public.  I have not yet given up on my childhood ambitions of being an astronaut and a ballerina, and people with no sense of humor are very, very, very boring. 

I love to bake (bread machines are for sissies), sew, quilt, read, and sing along to all kinds of music - especially Broadway, and except country. However, just because I DO sing doesn't mean that I SHOULD. My apologies to all within hearing distance.

My resolution for 2012: Try to forgive "those people." Try really hard.

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Professor of expository writing, social media specialist, internet watchdog/liason, professional writer/speaker
Location: 
southern Indiana
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Bedford Indiana, Bloomington Indiana, southern Indiana

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One by One Media, Ivy Tech Community College, Steve Spangler Science

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Indiana University Bloomington

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parenting,speaking, music,reading,writing,education, hands-on science, social media, cooking, baking

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