I had a great time doing Vegan MoFo. It gave me an opportunity to think about food and my choices in groceries and nutrition. My explorations included taking the time to confront my prejudices about vegans, thinking about how to cook for my interfood family, adding a few vegan recipes to my repertoire and...
Read more →We spent the afternoon in the backyard. Naked girlbaby alternated vigorous tummy time with skygazing on her back while the fresh wind blew. # Everyone in the house has a cold. Thanksgiving will be a low-key event this year. # I don't know how single moms manage motherhood, I really don't. # For possibly...
Read more →Today’s post was originally featured at Offbeat Families and I’m very happy to have been published there. I live in a house full of mammals: five adult humans, four dogs, two cats, one baby human (and possibly a kitchen mouse). Some of our family members and friends found it weird for a married couple...
Read more →I had a girlfriend once who would check cookbooks out from the library and read them as though they were novels. I didn’t understand at the time because I wasn’t much of a cook yet. Then I became Chief Cook of our household. Turns out, cooking is really fun! As my interest in the...
Read more →My girl got to meet Claudia Christian and Walter Koenig!! They both thought she was lovely. # Today I’ve managed to get coffee stains on everything I touched, including the baby. # This is because last night I unintentionally sabotaged us by putting her in a sleep sack. Turns out, she hates having her...
Read more →Last weekend we went to an astronomy thingy at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. The event turned out to be swarming with kids, inefficiently staffed, and insufficiently explained — we had trouble finding our way around. However, it was out at the lovely Wildflower Center on a gorgeous, crisp autumn evening, with a half-moon...
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