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	<title type="text">Kate Flaim</title>
	<subtitle type="text">freelance writer</subtitle>

	<updated>2013-11-09T04:39:03Z</updated>

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		<author>
			<name>Kate</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Words have failed me]]></title>
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		<id>http://kateflaim.com/?p=1452</id>
		<updated>2013-11-09T04:39:03Z</updated>
		<published>2013-11-09T04:39:03Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I actually hope to have a really exciting project to start blogging about soon (not a book or a baby!), but in the meantime, since I haven&#8217;t posted pictures of the kids here since February (that&#8217;s what Instagram is for!), here they are: Tuck, 3 years and 2 months: Ellie, 15 months: And both on &#8230; <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2013/11/words-have-failed-me/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Words have failed me</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>
<p>The post <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2013/11/words-have-failed-me/">Words have failed me</a> first appeared on <a href="http://kateflaim.com">Kate Flaim</a>.</p>]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Kate</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Only yes means yes]]></title>
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		<id>http://kateflaim.com/?p=1443</id>
		<updated>2013-10-18T19:43:15Z</updated>
		<published>2013-10-18T19:43:15Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="General" /><category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="Musings" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>The spate of highly publicized rape cases lately (and the disgusting victim-blaming that has proliferated) makes me so angry. I know our rape culture is hardly news, but I am sickened and disgusted that so many people still think a girl is &#8220;asking for it&#8221; if she gets drunk, etc. In every one of these &#8230; <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2013/10/only-yes-means-yes/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Only yes means yes</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>
<p>The post <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2013/10/only-yes-means-yes/">Only yes means yes</a> first appeared on <a href="http://kateflaim.com">Kate Flaim</a>.</p>]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Kate</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[One day soon&#8230;]]></title>
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		<id>http://kateflaim.com/?p=1432</id>
		<updated>2013-02-19T22:06:10Z</updated>
		<published>2013-02-19T21:46:15Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="Farm Box" /><category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="Food" /><category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="General" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;I will find my way back here. I am slowly coming to grips with the daily ups and downs of life with two, with the complete lack of time to get things done, and with the incredible emotional roller coaster of parenting a 2.5 year old. But I&#8217;m finding myself thinking more about what I &#8230; <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2013/02/onedaysoo/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">One day soon&#8230;</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>
<p>The post <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2013/02/onedaysoo/">One day soon…</a> first appeared on <a href="http://kateflaim.com">Kate Flaim</a>.</p>]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Kate</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Mighty Life List]]></title>
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		<id>http://kateflaim.com/?p=1411</id>
		<updated>2012-10-11T18:26:17Z</updated>
		<published>2012-10-11T18:26:17Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="General" /><category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="Good stuff" /><category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="Life List" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I remember when Maggie Mason first wrote about her &#8220;Mighty Life List,&#8221; lo those many years ago. Since then, especially as she started powering through the list, I&#8217;ve started my own version many times, but I never got around to finishing it. I finally did it, which means I get to start by crossing off &#8230; <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2012/10/mighty-life-list/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Mighty Life List</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>
<p>The post <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2012/10/mighty-life-list/">Mighty Life List</a> first appeared on <a href="http://kateflaim.com">Kate Flaim</a>.</p>]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Kate</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Around the house]]></title>
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		<id>http://kateflaim.com/?p=1403</id>
		<updated>2012-10-05T17:44:33Z</updated>
		<published>2012-10-05T17:44:33Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="Design/Living" /><category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="Good stuff" /><category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="Home" /><category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="The Apartment" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m still plugging away at the apartment, and the dining room, especially, is really coming together. As a refresher, this is where we were back in the spring: furnished, but the old doors (which barely worked) were fogged over, and really needed to be replaced. Before Happily, our landlords agreed to do it&#8211;major upgrade. I &#8230; <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2012/10/around-the-house/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Around the house</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>
<p>The post <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2012/10/around-the-house/">Around the house</a> first appeared on <a href="http://kateflaim.com">Kate Flaim</a>.</p>]]></summary>

		
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			<name>Kate</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[October]]></title>
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		<id>http://kateflaim.com/?p=1400</id>
		<updated>2012-10-02T19:41:17Z</updated>
		<published>2012-10-02T19:41:17Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Ellie is two months old today! I can&#8217;t believe it. I thought the second pregnancy flew, and it turns out that the baby days are flying, too (though as someone said to me the other day, it&#8217;s a marathon, but each day is a sprint). It hasn&#8217;t been easy, adjusting to two kids. I feel &#8230; <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2012/10/october/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">October</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>
<p>The post <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2012/10/october/">October</a> first appeared on <a href="http://kateflaim.com">Kate Flaim</a>.</p>]]></summary>

		
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			<name>Kate</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Two]]></title>
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		<id>http://kateflaim.com/?p=1395</id>
		<updated>2012-08-21T20:22:51Z</updated>
		<published>2012-08-21T20:22:51Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="General" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Tuck is two! It&#8217;s nearly impossible to remember life before he came along; and as I look at little Ellie it&#8217;s even harder to remember that my big boy started off looking like this: Two days old Here he is during Ellie&#8217;s newborn shoot (more on that later), just before turning two: Anelise Tubinis Photography &#8230; <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2012/08/two/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Two</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>
<p>The post <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2012/08/two/">Two</a> first appeared on <a href="http://kateflaim.com">Kate Flaim</a>.</p>]]></summary>

		
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			<name>Kate</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to the world!]]></title>
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		<id>http://kateflaim.com/?p=1391</id>
		<updated>2012-08-09T18:28:45Z</updated>
		<published>2012-08-09T18:28:45Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>We are thrilled to introduce our new addition, Ellie (Elizabeth Christy, named for both grandmothers), who joined us 11 days early at 1:01 a.m. on August 2 (missing my birthday by 1 hour!). Baby salad Ben was in NC for a business meeting last Wednesday, and his mom was headed up from Long Island to &#8230; <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2012/08/welcome-to-the-world/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Welcome to the world!</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>
<p>The post <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2012/08/welcome-to-the-world/">Welcome to the world!</a> first appeared on <a href="http://kateflaim.com">Kate Flaim</a>.</p>]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Kate</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[As summer sweeps by&#8230;]]></title>
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		<id>http://kateflaim.com/?p=1387</id>
		<updated>2012-07-28T14:16:31Z</updated>
		<published>2012-07-28T14:16:31Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="Farm Box" /><category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="Feeding kids" /><category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="Food" /><category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="General" /><category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="Travel" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Shelling peas Here we are, almost at the end of July, and I don’t think I’ve posted one summer meal! We’ve been enjoying the CSA, as always, of course. Tuck has finally gotten on board with corn on the cob, though I haven’t been able to budge his bias against tomatoes yet. We’ve been sticking &#8230; <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2012/07/as-summer-sweeps-by/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">As summer sweeps by&#8230;</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>
<p>The post <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2012/07/as-summer-sweeps-by/">As summer sweeps by…</a> first appeared on <a href="http://kateflaim.com">Kate Flaim</a>.</p>]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Kate</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[In which I go on for ages about a completely new topic]]></title>
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		<id>http://kateflaim.com/?p=1381</id>
		<updated>2012-06-21T20:42:48Z</updated>
		<published>2012-06-21T20:33:40Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="Family" /><category scheme="http://kateflaim.com" term="General" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>This is totally off-topic from what I normally talk about here, but what the heck. Have you read the (very lengthy) Anne-Marie Slaughter piece in The Atlantic, Why Women Still Can’t Have it All? Really interesting stuff. I chose the opposite track from Dr. Slaughter, I’m more than a decade behind her in parenting and &#8230; <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2012/06/in-which-i-go-on-for-ages-about-a-completely-new-topic/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">In which I go on for ages about a completely new topic</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>
<p>The post <a href="http://kateflaim.com/2012/06/in-which-i-go-on-for-ages-about-a-completely-new-topic/">In which I go on for ages about a completely new topic</a> first appeared on <a href="http://kateflaim.com">Kate Flaim</a>.</p>]]></summary>

		
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