I love what feminism has done for my generation. But I wish it had been able to do it without instilling huge doses of guilt for choosing to raise my kids at home, enjoying cooking and baking, and being interested in handwork. Despite my belief that I have made the best choices for me and my family, I am coming to the conclusion that I am going to ( Read more... )

( Musings on my four children... )

So Clay is off to Mexico, starting a 3-week (or longer) sailboat odyssey with one of my oldest friends, Jean, and her sweetie Dave (who was also a neighbor of mine when I was 8), on the two-masted ketch Exit Strategy (they keep a sailblog, in case you're curious).

( Mommish meanderings. )

So I finally got my mitts on a copy of Linda Bacon's Health at Every Size (thank you, 1firefly!) and devoured it the day it arrived.

( Lots of ideas smooshed into a few paragraphs... )