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• BLOG — Stardust and meat

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 17, 2015

  

  What is it about kids and dinosaurs?

• BLOG — Babycakes

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 28, 2015

  

  I can’t say precisely what it was in my life that caused me to have a nearly insatiable love for tiny things, but I do know that it began early.

• BLOG — Legs are required

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 16, 2014

  

  Mermaids will always be cool. This is clear to me especially, as my four-year-old, Lucy, told me that a fish lady doll was her number one Yuletide wish this year.

• BLOG — Five Years at the Snooze

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 18, 2014

  

  Last month marked my fifth anniversary of working at the News. Since then, I’ve been thinking about writing a blog to commemorate this particular milestone.

• BLOG — Single rider

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 14, 2014

  

  There is something a little strange about a grown person leaving her loving family behind for hours at a time to ride roller coasters, but everyone has her thing, and this is mine.

• BLOG — I yam what I yam

  By Lauren ShowsAugust 20, 2014

  

  The month of August brings my family into new territory, as my daughter begins preschool next week.

• BLOG — Another season, another reason

  By Lauren ShowsMay 20, 2014

  

  To celebrate a year of wedded bliss, my husband and I decided to take a boat to Kelleys Island in the cold, wind and rain. It was as romantic as you might expect.

• BLOG — Let it go

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 29, 2014

  

  So she loves singing. And this is not really a problem, right? No, the problem is not the singing itself, but that she has, for the last several weeks, sung the same song over and over, almost without a break.

• BLOG — Cold comfort

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 8, 2014

  

  Wind chills of -39 degrees are enough to stop anybody making amused comments about my migration from a semi-tropical climate, though perhaps this is only because people’s mouths are hidden behind scarves or their teeth are chattering involuntarily.

• BLOG — Whatcha got cookin’?

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 25, 2013

  

  When considering what to give my three-year-old for Christmas this year, I chose a gift I thought she would like, something that acts as a complement to many of the toys she already has and easily stores them, and which, most importantly, will require very little clean-up from me in the future.