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Have you ever cringed at some annoying habit of your father's? Have you wished he'd act more like normal people and less like his incorrigible self? Ann Banks has been there. With Father's Day around the corner, she looks back on the first man in her life and sees the gift that escaped her notice then. [more]

My virtual friend Jules Torti will go anywhere, eat anything and write about it with her characteristic full-tilt originality. On the face of things, we couldn't be more different from each other. Yet I recognize myself in Jules's wonderful essay on what it really means to find your soul mate. [more]

My virtual friend Marnie Woodrow is about to turn 40. Sesame Street has already reached that milestone. So who better than Marnie, an accomplished fiction writer and fan of the show from its earliest days, to reflect on how Big Bird, Elmo and the gang could expand the world of a child? [more]

Some mothers-to-be plan the baby's fashion statements. Others can't wait to see their child on the piano bench or the playing field. For book blogger Kerry Clare, baby dreams feature lots and lots of reading and a chance to reconnect with childhood favourites. [more]