And here's my annual list of the best "new-to-me" books I read last year ( Read more... )

The last time I posted this meme in 2008, I got one taker and got to remember the time in my life when I first realized I was attracted to women as well as men. (I was thinking about that post after seeing some coming out stories yesterday for National Coming Out Day.)

Anyway, let's try again...

"Everyone has things they blog about ( Read more... )

Okay, so obviously there was a change to LJ today that changed a bunch of display stuff and some of the workings of the website ( Read more... )

It's that time again, the best new-to-me books that I read last year.

My book count improved for the year - 28 this time. Still being a stay-at-home mother, my aim is to hit 26 a year (roughly one every 2 weeks), so I surpassed that. Go me. :) My full list can be found, as always, on goodreads: 2013 listMy absolute best book of the year was " ( Read more... )

You know, I'm sure I won't do it every year...but I'm really proud of making my daughter's Halloween costume this year. We did a dry run a few weeks ago for the Lantern Parade, and just watching her do her happy dance and run around the house so proudly being a tiger made it all worth it. And then tonight when I saw only a small number of homemade ( Read more... )

There's been a ton of "body image" posts coming through on my various feeds, communities, and just from my friends lately. Most (but not all) have been related to "Mom" bodies. The person who was miserable about her body 6 months post-birth. The person who idolized her mother until (at age 7) her mother loudly insisted that she was fat and ugly, ( Read more... )

Once again we come around to the time of year for "best lists." So here is my list of best "new" (to me - as I do not include rereads on my best list) books read in 2012 ( Read more... )

(Reposting the text of an email I sent earlier today. If you are in the Greater Boston area, or know people here, please pass it on ( Read more... )

Dan says I need a battle cry. What should it be?

(His seems to be "Ha! Ow!", and Raya's seems to vacillate between "Find Mama!" and "Towel!"... which is almost as good as "Spoon!" and very Douglas Adams...)

Is anyone going to San Diego Comic Con this year, or know someone who is? I need a favor for my brother.

Thanks!