jiro is back to normal--thanks for all of the well wishes ( Read more... )

i'm home with my sick baby boy (jiro). he's been puking and making some naaasty diapers but seems to be on the mend. he's pretty content to just lay on me, look into my eyes, and coo. i'm enjoying it! is that wrong?

ok i wrote a review of Mamaphonic: Balancing Motherhood and Other Creative Acts for my zine, but I also plan to send it out so PLEASE give me feedback. I am not at all confident in my reviewing skills.

( Mamaphonic Review )

clearly self-promotion by the author, but interesting nonetheless...

The author's daughter
Most parents try to shield their children from adult thoughts and desires. But for children of novelists, whose desires are available for public viewing, there's no protection.

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i asked him for feedback, yk cuz i am needy that way ( Read more... )

anybody (masageleaf??) get the new hip mama? is my bagel essay in there? how about venalanatomica's photos?

i wanted to say something witty about this, but i'm coming up short.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=552696

I talk to my sister-in-law (SIL) once a year around Christmas. I really really like her and she is someone that I know I would be friends with if we lived in the same city. She has three kids, lives near the beach, and is very cool--homebirth-y, homeschool-y, and healthy living-y. Without fail our annual phone conversations include her telling me ( Read more... )

so i emailed the guy about my stage fright and he responded with "just post about your kid's latest word acquisition" or something like that. so i did. and now i feel like it sucks and i wanna change it or just post something else, but then yk since they are paying me i just can't post at will. and then since i am sort of taking it over midstream ( Read more... )

the awesome emma_goldman called me on friday and told me about her friend who is launching a national magazine. he was looking for a mama to do a blog associated with the magazine and ms. goldman thought of me. well about an hour later i somehow found myself telling the guy i'd do it ( Read more... )