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A veritable feast for the senses this week …

If you can’t just pop into your little corner bistro with checked tableclothes, then Anniina on Mischievous Muse does it for you with a mouthwatering account of dinner in Montpellier, in the Roman baths. (Although I don’t think they were full…)

Moving from the taste buds to the olfactory organs, Scentzilla! is a site that consists entirely of perfume reviews. Now as someone who has almost no sense of smell, I’m the wrong person to be pointing you this way, but
“Spicy leather, dying embers, approaching storms”, combined with a picture, certainly seemed evocative.

Sticking with things of which I know little, Katiedid on Seldom Nice Nowadays has some sharp thoughts on music. But I think she should really say what she thinks, not hold back.

Then, a cautionary tale for parents: Surly Girl on D-Flat Chime Bar encounters the doctor’s accusing glance, while the author of Mother Hen’s Place faces a career dilemma – the old parenting-and-career problem. To separate, or to combine?

On History is Elementary, meanwhile, the teacher reflects on childhood summers past and present.

Turning more overtly political, on The Adventures of Dr Diana, Diana Blayne has a revelation about the ‘sick’ ideas of body image being presented to children.

Then on The (liberal) Girl Next Door, an impassioned statement on how Christians are destroying the US, while Alicia on Last Left Turn Before Hooterville sets out some grahic economic facts about income distribution in the country.

Finally, mixing history and politics, Jennie W on the American Presidents Blog asks: Who was Woodrow Wilson’s Vice President? And does it matter…?

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Ten great posts from 10 new (to me) women bloggers. It is here every Friday (more or less ..)

It seems to be a particularly international edition this week; I don’t know how it happens precisely, but each week seems to find its own identity.

Starting literary, on Sarsaparilla, a new Australian literary blog, Laura has rediscovered a childhood favourite, a book about a carnivorous rabbit. Sounds like nightmares to me.

On Ping Pong Jubilee! an account of running away from home for the first time at the age of 16. It reminds me of being a bit older and finding student living incredibly romantic (in a non-sexual sense). Never actually did it, which was undoubtedly a good job. Probably would have lasted about three days.

Michelle in South Africa on …Seeking Serenity meanwhile has another personal anecdote, a real ghost story. There’s a camera involved too.

More politically, Imshin on Not a Fish, Provincially Speaking (no I don’t know, you’ll have to ask), is reflecting on the procession of cleaners through her government office. Poor pay, lousy treatment equals filthy toilets, unsurprisingly.

Turning personal, Anglefille (an American in London) describes why she can’t find a man in the midst of hundreds of them. Mary Bloomington on Putting the Fist in Pacifist meanwhile finds Anti-feminists are just SO ADORABLE sometimes, you could SCREAM. She was responding to the responses to her post on the realities of dating.

Ms Glaze is about to start a job at a very posh restaurant in Paris. But first she’s trying out the food as a customer. Staying Parisien, Maitresse reflects on the cows of Paris (and the dogs).

Shauna James is the Gluten-Free Girl. She’s on television, and making perfect roast chicken. Don’t go there hungry for fear of a Pavlovian reaction.

Finally, something quite different – an online novel, or story collection Adelaid Sprawls. Written by ThirdCat of Adelaide Writer. So little in the way of fiction seems to really make use of the multidirectional possibilities of the web.

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Ten great posts from 10 new (to me) women bloggers. It is here every Friday (more or less ..)

Starting off this week with THE big internet issue, Laura Scott on Rare Patterns sets out the case for net neutrality.

Staying political, Litbrit on The Last Duchess concludes If It Walks Like a Racist – or Drives a Border Patrol Buggy Like One, it is probably George Bush.

Turning on the science, The Disgruntled Chemist on Nice Shoes, Wanna Fock (perfectly safe for work, unless the title is likely to cause upset), answers in the negative a question I’d previously pondered: Do room air-purifiers have any effect at all?

But not all science is so well founded, as Nyarly on Dispatches from Tanganyika found when she looked at the details of that American-British health study. One problem – all of the research subjects were male.

Heading towards the personal side, Denise on Dot Moms (a group blog with some 40 members) has some advice for women expecting twins: “Sit down. Just sit. Call me and remind me what its like.” Staying with babies, somewaterytart on Tart Juice addresses “some seriously ill-informed comments about baby safety”.

Katie on Everyone Else Has A Blog writes for Blogging Against Disabilism Day: It “isn’t just about random fucked up blokes shouting ‘Cripple!’ in tube stations.”

If you’re feeling the need for some healthy reading, Molly on Orangette was going to bring cupcakes, but settled for some healthy, and yummy looking lima beans instead. On the same topic, but in a different language, C’est Moi Qui l’ai Fait is exploring wildflowers and pesto. (Plenty of pics if you’re not feeling up to reading the French.)

Finally, going multimedia, on The Pink of Perfection, my first femme fatale video-blog (vlog if you fancy jargon) – a picture tells a thousand words in the transformation of a humble chair.

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Ten great posts from 10 new (to me) women bloggers. It is here every Friday (more or less ..)

To begin, a cautionary tale about a stalker and an unwise encounter, on Letters from a Broad. Exes who want “one last” something are seldom a good idea, in my experience, even if it was never anything like this bad.

On Unsane and Safe, Jennifer considers differences in the view of self in the West and Africa. Staying on the continent, Sylvia, ticklethepear, reflects on the different experiences of male and female Peace Corps members.

Clare Dudman on Keeper of the Snails (no I didn’t find an explanation), is thinking about ways to increase happiness. (Banning advertising comes into it.)

Belle on Smatterings has turned paparazzi, but the subjects of her attention, some famous babies, aren’t too upset. Staying pictorial, Sabine in Germany, on Not All Cats Are Grey, has a running track that we might all envy. But didn’t she have to stop to take the pictures?

Then — not a blog to be read when hungry — Adriana on What I Made for Dinner had a day off for Mother’s Day, although she still ate very well, judging by the pictures. It gave her a chance to reflect on her mother’s hard work. The author of Tiny Bubbles has also been enjoying the perfect meal.

On mothers, the “Chief Biscuit” on As It Happens has a poem for her mother, and a brief account of her mother’s life.

Finally, on Diary of a Goldfish, the said Goldfish has been having bad luck with laptops (I’m carefully avoiding the obvious line here), but she enjoyed a pleasant day of nostalgia and nature anyway.

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Ten great posts from 10 new (to me) women bloggers. It is here every Friday (more or less ..)

Starting on the political side, Lisa Goodman writing for On the Face reports on the detention of an Egyptian democracy blogger. And suggests what you can do.

Then a message to all gossips: Jen Gray explains what it feels like when virtual strangers feel empowered to comment on your life.

Turning literary, Cat on Goblin Markt identifies a new genre – mythpunk. Although the term might need to be wrestled from the gamers… Meanwhile on The Ice Floe, the problem is deciding what to wear to a poetry reading.

Generally, it seems to be a week for reflections: Jama on Pilgrimgirl counts her blessings as she answers the question: “Are you living the life you had planned for yourself?” The Caroline on Exponent II reports on the joys of ageing for women, from the perspective of her fifties.

Zephoria on Apophenia reflects on the pitfalls of becoming a media ‘talking head’: “truth can’t prevail in this system and that’s just painful to experience”.

On Laughtear, Amelia concludes that the nature of grad school is “not flying. it’s falling — with style”.

Robyn and friends on R’s Live Journal considers some of the possible pitfalls of martial arts training: “Low-to-mid belt is all about unlearning everything your mom told you about roughhousing.” (And there’s a bit in there about the advantages of female anatomy – good to focus on when it is so often seen the other way.

Finally, for a bit of navel-gazing, K. on Miscellany wonders about all of those soon-aborted blogs, and their links. Which reminds me – getting towards the top of my project list is a thorough clean-out and update of my blogroll. (Anyone know how I can close it up so there isn’t so much space between each line?)

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Ten great posts from 10 new (to me) women bloggers. It is here every Friday (more or less – occasionally it is Saturday or Sunday).

Starting off in a timely fashion, Lisa Tolliver in On Air and On Line, explains why May 5 is important to Mexicans and southern USasians, and also for marketers looking for a bonza bonanza. Monday was a more recent military anniversary, the third of President Bush’s “triumphant” arrival in the role of fighter pilot. The Catherine Chronicles sets out the damage since then.

Also keeping in time, on EC1 Cruise Control, Lady M comes out about her emotional reaction to protest marches. (For those puzzled by the name, EC1 is the postcard of a trendy but now expensive area of London – Clerkenwell – known as a “media village”. I used to live there.)

Staying in the British capital, but heading for the more light-hearted side, Pashmina on Grammar Puss lives up to her blogs name by deconstructing a shopkeeper’s sign. I suspect, however, that the quote marks might be a nod to Trading Standards, rather than irony.

Standards of grammar are also the concern of Teresa on Making Light. She’s assembled, with the help of her readers, a wonderful collection of phonetic near-misses. I particularly liked “she balled her eyes out”. Nalo Hopkinson is concerned, however, with broader questions on the structuring of a novel.

Now I’m feeling very tired and rather flat today – the inevitable letdown after a physical and emotional challenge (yes I am talking about elections – that is what they are like from the inside), but I can only imagine that this is how the writer of Women’s Space/The Margins, feels all the time, as, at the age of 54, sole supporter for five of her 11 children. She has set out what keeps me keeping on. On Unsane and Safe, Jennifer Cascadia has a brilliant photo that seems an apt pairing with that post.

Babylune, meanwhile, wonders how babies arrive at all, in a summary of the latest pieces of news about fertility, infertility and pollution. Starting a little earlier in the lifecycle, on Overworked and Unlaid (which may not be safe for more conservative workplaces), Avatar sets out what you’d like your 15-year-old self to know.

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