Archive for November 2006

T-bop just got done with his homework. He’s in third grade. He had to write about an important tradition in our family and use 8 spelling words out of 14. These are the words he chose:
readyrememberrightreallyneedsincesausagegrateful(words he did not choose were question, write, knead, sentence, archaeology and geography)
This is what he wrote:
One family tradition of [...]

My babies!!! No matter how big/old they get they will alwyas be my babies.
Unfortunately I had to leave most of Iyende’s baby pictures when I fled my then abusive boyfriend, and the few I have left were faded long before I could scan them before they faded. I did scan and save ‘em, though. Here [...]

We talk about frequently ways to empower our little girls and teen daughters so that they can avoid or deal with domestic violence if it happens to them. But what can we do as mothers to help our sons avoid becoming future batterers?
It has long been known that the #1 factor in a boy becoming [...]

One thing that I read about and other people tried to prepare me for was that boys are much more active than girls. I have 3 older brothers I was raised with and they were very active but for some reason I just thought that was just my brothers, and/or that boys were so active [...]

Passing the info on, this is a really cool project! Me and my kids have been in the last few calendars and they are great keepsakes!————————————————so this is my annual nudge – the calendar deadline is one week from today, december 1. hey, send me some stuff! photographs,drawings, words of all kinds… email or US [...]

I often find myself getting into it with various family members who seem bound and determined to get me upset and drawn into whatever family drama is going on. They refuse to believe that I have changed, but since I let them get to me and I revert to past ways of interacting, I can [...]

I’m jumping on the podcast bandwagon and producing a radio show. It’s for/with my biz and thus will be mostly about mama stuff from the natural/attachment angle with an emphasis on political activism, cultural diversity, womanism/feminism, gentle discipline, etc. You know, all the stuff I write about. I’ll have interviews of various mamas out there [...]

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Posting all kinds of late this week but here goes:
The Kaizan Way: One Small Step Can Change Your Life by Robert Maurer
Diamond Dogs, Turqoise Days by Alastair Reynolds
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You (reading because I’m having issues with certain siblings [...]

Has anyone read this book, The Prodigal Father: Reuniting Fathers & Their Children? It is excellent. The author did not visit or financially provide for his own son for most of his childhood but was able to re-connect with his son in his late teens. I picked it up because my older son’s father is [...]

vonnegut Originally uploaded by trulastar.
My cat Vonnegut aka Shadow aka Jupiter aka Baby Boy. He used to be very aloof and only favored my daughter but since our other cat, Butler, died he has been very affectinate with everyone in the house. He misses Butler too, [...]

Recent pic of my daughter, age 17
ibop has decided to live at home following her high school graduation in June and attend community college, then transfer to an art college to finish her B.A, then stay there and do a MFA for 2 years. I truly thought she was just musing doing 2 years at [...]

The Good House by Tananarive Due
Just re-read Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Hestia by C.J. Cherryh
and I just started this one a friend gave me, Serious Straw Bale for all Climates by Paul Lacinski and Michel Bergeron