The devil wears hemp

By Ann Kaplan - Published in B Magazine April 2009

Every woman's guide to recycling their mother-in-law.

They come in all shapes and sizes. Large, small compact and accessorized, but the one that takes the cake is packaged in an irritating layer of grey, stands under five feet and marches to her own loafer-clad beat with a blue box in tow.


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Surviving the teens

By Ann Kaplan - Published in B Magazine April 2008

A mother's guide to looking her best while raising teenagers.

I know it sounds a little crass, and perhaps unusual, but any fearless, broken mother of teenagers will understand my predicament. After all, if you have raised a few (teenagers) you will understand that there is some point when sanity is questioned (yours not theirs) and the ability to throw in the towel is not an option.


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