I'm extremely proud that the other day we ate a dinner that was mostly from the garden. It consisted of turnips and chard from our garden with a bit of parsley (and some store-bought onion and tomato although those will be from our garden soon enough!) with a side of turnip greens. Delicious! Since then, I haven't made anything that hasn't had some ( Read more... )

I'm reading a new book called Birth as an American Rite of Passage by Robbie Davis-Floyd. Davis-Floyd is an anthropologist doing everything my little anthropologist-heart would desire to do if I had continued on to medical anthropology. The book is good, thoughtful, and explains why, despite ample evidence to the contrary, American hospital births ( Read more... )

The Story of the Weeping Camel is one of the best movies I've seen recently. I didn't think that a 90 minute movie about camels would rock my world but this movie is breathtaking. It follows a family of camel herders in Mongolia and the trials they undertake when one camel rejects her newborn calf. The family is charming and engaging and the ( Read more... )

( Beautiful placenta pictures, cut for the squeamish )

These women rock my world. Queer midwives who wear flannel, they are what I aspire to be. I'd love to have a focus on queer families and Pagans (especially those who want to include ritual) in my future practice. Maia Midwifery has all of these amazing workshops and support groups including ones for lesbian couples where the butcher of the two will ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to learn for awhile now to play the spoons or the bones. It's both much easier and much more fun than I thought.

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I made a really delicious dessert the other day, if I do say so myself. And it was really easy to make to boot. Thought I'd share it with all of you.

Chocolate-Honey Tart5 ounces chocolate graham crackers or other chocolate biscuit ( Read more... )

While visiting' A's grandparents, they told us that there was hummingbird nest in tree outside. As her grandfather stepped out to show me where the nest was, I spied a hummingbird sitting perfectly still on the eggs. Wow! Talk about amazing wonders. I have never seen anything quite like this (perhaps because I'm not still long enough to see it, ( Read more... )

Fruit flies! They have invaded our house. They are crawling everywhere! All in our compost and everywhere else. So what do you do? Make a fruit fly trap! It was so much easier than we thought it might be ( Read more... )

One of my favorite comics of all time. Check it out if you never have. I couldn't resist posting such a brilliant ad for it.


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