http://planbnation.net Living Creatively in Challenging Times Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:16:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlanBNation/~3/HOBNVxkLbqE/ http://planbnation.net/2013/04/24/making-it-home/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:04:38 +0000 amy gutman http://planbnation.net/?p=1976 <p>On Monday, the bombs exploded. On Friday, the city was put on lockdown, and on Sunday I boarded a plane to fly across the country to a place I’d never been. It was a trip I’d planned for a long &#8230; <a href="http://planbnation.net/2013/04/24/making-it-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><div class="crp_related"><h3>Related Posts:</h3><ul><li><a href="http://planbnation.net/2011/11/27/wherever-you-go-there-you-are-not-necessarily-2/" class="crp_title">Wherever you go there you are? 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Those Crimson Women Circa 1978  and the Flavors O’ Success My musings on the obstacles that may have kept women on the Harvard &#8230; <a href="http://planbnation.net/2013/03/08/porridge-and-clouds-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><div class="crp_related"><h3>Related Posts:</h3><ul><li><a href="http://planbnation.net/2013/02/24/where-the-girls-arent/" class="crp_title">Where the girls weren’t</a></li><li><a href="http://planbnation.net/2013/02/03/porridge-and-clouds/" class="crp_title">Porridge and Clouds</a></li><li><a href="http://planbnation.net/2013/04/06/when-walking-is-working/" class="crp_title">When walking is working (plus an invitation)</a></li><li><a href="http://planbnation.net/2013/01/26/purpose-passion-paycheck-plus-a-book-giveaway/" class="crp_title">Purpose. Passion. Paycheck. 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