It’s my habit to try to peek at my aggregator here and there throughout the day. It’s a form of snacking, I suppose. A way I relax for a moment or two while I stand by my computer in the kitchen. A little escape. Yesterday was intense for me and I was working with one […]
Entries from August 2004
Serendipity or a sign?
August 21st, 2004 · Comments Off on Serendipity or a sign?
Tags: motherhood
Spunky children in the kitchen
August 21st, 2004 · 1 Comment
I have not felt inspired to cook in a while. It’s been all I could do to grab a familiar cookbook and scribble a list of a few ingredients on my way to the grocery store each week. When I read Lisa Williams and Susan Mernit’s recent posts, describing their meals, I groaned a bit […]
Tags: food
I guess that makes me “Ma”
August 21st, 2004 · 1 Comment
This week the girls and I started reading Little House in the Big Woods. It fits well with our studies of early American life – and also with the fact that our family has three daughters too. Abigail and Michaela like it and have created a new game from it: Do you want to play […]
Tags: homeschool
But that’s how I feel…
August 21st, 2004 · 3 Comments
This week getupgrrl at Chez Miscarriage has been describing unkind statements made to infertile women and the differences between the primary and secondary infertility communities. Her thoughtful posts provoked some more thoughts in me. The unspoken admonishment running through all these statements is that wanting more is something women aren’t supposed to do. But every […]
Tags: motherhood
Yertle the Turtle and other things political
August 21st, 2004 · Comments Off on Yertle the Turtle and other things political
On a recent trip to the library, the girls found Dr. Seuss’s Yertle the Turtle story collection. Reading the book to them the other morning, I realized Theodore Geisel had crafted a clever description of power and politics in the guise of a group of reptiles. It’s a great story of justice and voice – […]
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