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Tuesday May 21st, 2013

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COLUMNS : CYNTHYA PORTER - POSTPARTUM (ARCHIVES)	Back to Current

A fond farewell (08/28/2011)
	By Cynthya Porter -- It is with a sad heart that I tell you today is my last day in the newsroom of the Winona Post. After 10 years here, I made the difficult decision to accept a position at a magazine in Rochester, and ... FULL STORY >>

The joys and dangers of firepit bonding (08/24/2011)
	By Cynthya Porter -- Being a mom and a full-time employee and a freelancer and a volunteer and an actual human being once in a while feels kind of like being a carnival act -- you know, that weird juggler who has a couple ... FULL STORY >>

(Mis)adventures of Ms. Adventure (03/13/2011)
	By Cynthya Porter -- If you ever want to teach your kids a lesson about how much they need you, just take them somewhere they have never been for a few days, preferably somewhere extra terrifying like a big city, then alm ... FULL STORY >>

The text generation (02/23/2011)

-- The hours after 10 p.m. are reserved in my house for urgent phone calls only, so when my cell phone rang at 10:30 p.m. the other night it gave me a start.

It was my 17-year-old daughter. “Hi mom.”

“ ...

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Being the solution, not the problem (09/26/2010)

-- Having a baby produces the powerful and sometimes frustrating side effect of feeling the need to protect that child from anything in the world that will hurt them.

While noble and understandable, mos ...

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Dancing with Winona Stars (08/11/2010)
	By Cynthya Porter -- When the folks at Gotta Dance asked me if I would be a contestant in Dancing With Winona Stars, I admit I said yes with a fair amount of self assuredness. But see, that’s when I used to think I was a ... FULL STORY >>

Where are you, Christmas? (01/03/2010)
	By Cynthya Porter -- I admit it: I was feeling pretty grumpy this holiday season. Downright Scroogish, even. Christmas has always been my favorite time of year; I love the parties and laboring for hours to choose gifts fo ... FULL STORY >>

Raise the bar, rappers (12/06/2009)

-- Dear T-Pain, Lil’ Wayne, Akon and any of you other rappers stuck in this lyric rut,

Please stop singing about strippers already.

Seriously.

I’m not a prude and I don’t care what kind of places yo ...

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Here kitty, kitty, go to a good home (10/21/2009)

-- It takes a special kind of talent to have your kids think you are a great mom and a horrible mom at exactly the same time. Thanks to a couple of tiny kittens I appear to have mastered this.

My broth ...

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Bats or courage: what goes out the window first? (08/02/2009)

-- Being strong for our kids, especially when they are frightened and bewildered by the world around them, is one of the great acts of parenthood. I, unfortunately, fall woefully short sometimes.

Like l ...

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