Tag: PostADay2011

  • Loves Books, Loves People

    Loves Books, Loves People

    Welcome to the February Carnival of Natural Parenting: Parenting Essentials This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month our participants have shared the parenting essentials that they could not live without. Please read to the end to find a list…

  • But is it Technology?

    My daughter and I were working on her social studies project last night about technologies that are important to her. She had to have 10 pictures to paste onto a piece of paper, and to be able to talk about why she picked them. She quite quickly looked around our house and recognized that pretty…

  • Could you live without the internet?

    For a change of pace, I’m going to answer the Plinky question. It’s not for want of ideas, it’s just a good question. No suspense here: Yes. I could totally live without the internet. Unlike TV, cell phones, and constant access to music all around the clock, though, I wouldn’t *choose* to. We have a…

  • Cheese, comma, pictures of.

    I was having a hard day of writing earlier in the week, and I wrote (in an early draft of one of my posts), “It’s OK. If this doesn’t work out, I can just post a picture of a cheese tray or something.” Then I realised that I do, in fact, have a recent picture…

  • Vaccination – Ouch

    So, here is my contribution to the Great Vaccination Debate. Although I’m not going to take a stand, and I’m not going to try to convince you of anything, so in the “debate” format, this is a dubious addition. What I am going to do is tell you a story. Here is the story of…

  • Cape Breton Chic

    And this is why I was shopping for boots: Photo credit: E.J. Burtt, potter extraordinaire.

  • On scripts, social performance, and knowing your place in the world

    “We are all born naked. The rest is drag.” Rupaul* We have these dual drives within, for Society and Self. Acceptance and Agency. We hear the messages: Strive… but not too high, or you will become vain. Succeed… within these boundaries. Find your tribe, and then stick with them. They know the ropes. But we…

  • Costuming my Life

    I spent the morning at the mall. There is no place quite so effective at bringing out my internal war over frugality (and the economy of my home) and responsibility (and the economy of the world). This is the site where these two things come into conflict. My usual solution to this conflict is to…

  • Everything I need to Know I Learned from My Mechanic

    Today, my mechanic added a useful skill to my repertoire. Specifically, he taught me how to start a car with a burned out starter motor, and it does not involve hotwiring. What is more, he did this over the phone, thus saving me the $50 tow fee to get my car from my back yard…

  • But, Why???

    I presume that any of you who have a two-year old, or who have ever had regular contact with a two-year old, are familiar with the question in the title. Why, Mommy? Why you in a rush? Why you have to go to work? Why need money? Why need to pay bills? I was out…

  • Tummy Tucks

    The tummy. Flatten your tummy. Get rid of belly fat. Get the abs you’ve always dreamed of. With this one magic secret. And if that doesn’t work, And you’ve gone the way of the 10,000 sit ups and One thousand and one pilates classes And yoga just isn’t doing it for you, And neither did…

  • Word Wrangling

    I’m having a weird high-tech/low-tech moment. Here I am, curled up in an easy chair in front of a woodstove with a cat in my lap, and writing. But not with a pen and paper; here I am, writing on a laptop that is connected to the rest of the world only through the power…