I just read a very interesting article on book deals: http://www.nyobserver.com/2007/my-book-deal-ruined-my-life?page=0%2C0
I found it interesting not because it was news to me, but because I know it was probably news to the general public.
I recently toured a homeless shelter and had a life skills session with the residents. I found out on my arrival that the [...]
My oldest son, Matthew, called me a loser the other day. He’s 15. OK, he didn’t call me a “loser” specifically, but he was talking to a nurse in the emergency room about how he was thinking of going into politics when he gets older. He wants to be the president, he said.
“Hey,” I said [...]
Because I have homeschooled all of my children at one time or another – and currently have two who are homeschooled – and two teens who are not (Jack is just 2 and doing his own thing!), I get asked a lot of questions about homeschooling. Here are some of the more common questions and [...]
So, I am innocently watching the morning news the other day (on one of my two TV channels) and there is a story about the miracle drug that’s going to help people lose weight. Now, I have no interest in such a pill, but I am always interested in the next miracle that the FDA [...]
It was an ordinary afternoon at the basketball field. I was on the bleachers watching my oldest (again) play and was simultaneously wrestling my almost two-year-old (he arches his back and slams his head into my chest and I snuggle him to keep him from falling down a flight of bleacher stairs). I checked his [...]
Continue reading about Why I Choose Cloth Diapers (Over and Over Again).
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/louise-marie-roth/on-giving-birth_b_52048.html
I was heartened by the article and disturbed by some of the comments – so much so that I actually commented myself – a rarity for me. It’s nice to an article these days by a woman who was happy to give birth naturally – rather than the new vogue of being happy to give [...]
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It’s Sunday night and I am settling in with the fam. Had a bit of company over this weekend and worked on getting the garden a bit more organized – at least in my head. Lots of weeding to be done – and it’s nice to have a 15-year-old around who can mow the grass [...]
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I know – it sounds crazy. why would I buy my own cow? But after reading this article from Salon.com about organic milk (which costs almost $10 a gallon even here in dairy-friendly VT): http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/04/13/milk/index.html?pn=3
Did you know that large dairy farms – non-organic ones – feed their calves chicken manure? I have chickens and [...]
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Quite often I get asked what a typical day is like for me. I think it’s more along the lines, sometimes, of “So, what do you do all day?” But I try not to be offended. I know that in these times, staying at home with the kids seems like a luxury. As does living [...]
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Today, I got to do a really fun thing – I got to record another commentary on Vermont Public Radio. It is going to run on Thursday, June 14 at 6pm at the end of a half hour documentary on homelessness in Vermont.
I’m such a fan of public radio, so when I get to do [...]
