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In Praise of Anjali

Mommybloggers.com is pleased to introduce you to Anjali Enjeti-Sydow. This talented writer has an ever-growing portfolio of published work, but we first discovered her through her blog - Life in the hundred acre wood. Anjali captured our hearts with her honest portrayal of life at home with two small daughters. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant, but always intelligent and spot-on, Anjali has a lot to say.

Whether she's taking on The Mommy Wars or mounting a duel-child assult on the local photo studio, Anjali uses her wit and candor to tell us all about it, and we love every word. We asked a few of Anjali's many readers to share their thoughts on Anjali:

Landismom, of the fantastic blog Bumblebee Sweet Potato finds common ground in the Hundred Acre Wood.

I love Anjali's blog. In addition to the fact that she's funny and literate, we've got similar politics. Whether she's discoursing on the bird plague in her backyard, or her husband's 13-hour work days, she's always worth reading.

FFF explains how Anjali really speaks to her:


I was doing some google searching on the recent Linda Hirshman article to see what bloggers were saying about it. I found Anjali's blog and read her post about the article and found it really honest, refreshingly candid, and it made some great points. Her post articulated some of the thoughts swirling around in my head that I couldn't really sort out and it made me think. We had the South Asian fiction interest and the law thing in common so I started to read some of her archives and I feel in love with her little family. She has a really special way of taking an ordinary thing like a trip to the grocery store and making it amusing and relevant. And even better than the little mommy anecdotes is when Anjali shares her thoughts about the world and society in general. She is an excellent writer and her warmth comes through in every post. I could feel the wistfullness as she described where she used to eat lunch when she worked in the city, and felt instantly better when she described her search for mommy mentors. Anjali is an perfect example of a thoughtful, well written blog that may discuss motherhood but is light years beyond a mommy blog that just chronicles a pooping schedule.

Staci Schoff sums it up beautifully


Anjali is one of my favorite bloggers because her writing is smart, funny and honest. Often when I read a post of her's I feel like she wrote exactly what I think, only she did it much better than I could ever hope to do it.

Join us this afternoon as we present our conversation with Anjali - come see what this engaging writer has to say for herself!

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Another fabulous and well written blog to read! Thanks for highlighting Anjali.

Agh! I need to check my blog's e-mail more often. I wish I'd had a chance to send my praises of Anjali in here too.

I have really enjoyed seeing her flourish as a writer in the year and a half since I started reading her stuff (we blogged together here for Mothers & More - here's her link): http://www.mothersandmore.org/campaign/md06/wordpress/index.php?cat=15 ) and I am still always excited when I see she has a new post out on the 100 Acre Wood. She's one writer (and fellow mother) I would love to meet in person.

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