After a 24 hour social media break challenge posed to me by my running coach, I caught back up on my building "Bak-Bak group" and noted that many women had seen and given high review ratings for the movie "Pink". None had said anything articulate or specific about it except that it was a "must watch ( Read more... )

Religious freedom is personal. Religious freedom does NOT constitute the right to impose your religious views on others. This is a country that places individual choice at the pinnacle of freedom. Taking away choices, or limiting them economically, is a reduction in freedom based on ideology. There are other countries where it may be ok to limit ( Read more... )

Women and StartupsA well written article. Nothing I didn't know, and nothing that I hadn't already articulated before. But it's great to have it in words from a credible source. The more I explore motherhood, the more I answer my questions on what life should be about - achievement, enjoyment or atonement. For me the choices were truly only the ( Read more... )

One generation ago, imports from China were exotic, high quality, painstakingly hand made and much sought after. Willow-ware dishes replicated Ming and other dynasty's attentiveness to detail and careful calligraphic painting techniques. These beautiful sets of dinnerware were treasures in breakfront cabinets whose wood work was carved to match the ( Read more... )

Baby and we will go to India and I am looking up travel tips ( Read more... )

As I begin to work and I rediscover myself in my new life, I find that having a child is a slow process, emotionally. While the duties and responsibilities of having a child can cause some sudden and quick changes in life style, the changes are up to the parent to define. Everything is a function of what the parent desires for themselves and their ( Read more... )

These wonderful images capture the many faces of democracy ( Read more... )

Another St. Louis mother used the phrase "Our son Wyatt in heaven and our daughter Danika on earth". I like that phrase. The "sonness" of Minnal has been questioned and challenged, seeing that he died shortly before he was born at about 23 weeks of gestation ( Read more... )

Every semester, I guest lecture at SIUE and teach students about Construction scheduling and construction float ( Read more... )

This article on breastfeeding is well written, albeit long winded (Thanx beah for the link). It provides a historical and socio-economic analysis of breast milk, pumping and lactation laws. It also raises the difficult question of whether it is the milk or the mother that babies really need ( Read more... )