I had two major realizations today: 1) one big reason I like weight lifting is that it actually ameliorates my body image issues rather than exacerbating them, and that's pretty depressing, if you think about it, and 2) somewhere along the line I transmuted 'never thin enough' in my head into 'never fit enough', which is the reason I sometimes push ( Read more... )

We've been travelling a lot this month, so I haven't been posting much about Morgan. And so here is an update of exciting Morgan factoids!

- I have accidentally taught Morgan to sing 'Mahna Mahna' (you know, like the muppets. Tiny 'doot doot doot' noises followed by 'manananama' is...super adorable. You're missing out. I am just saying. (If I can ( Read more... )

I've been running on low recently, and today I realized that a lot of the stuff I've been putting down to 'we have a baby and I'm busy' sounds an awful lot like I'm actually just running a low-level depression: I'm not finding as much joy in everyday things, I'm not making an effort to see people, I'm feeling a little bit hopeless about prospects ( Read more... )

This morning, we did yoga and climbing as is our wont. I am working on getting better at flexibility, improving my left leg strength, increasing the level at which I can climb.

I strive for the entire class to do just a bit more. Just a bit harder. So when we meditate in class, it can be hard for me to let go.

I kept having the various intruding ( Read more... )

Recently, Theresa and I have been taking a sign language class and also doing crosswords together.
To help learn finger spelling? Fingerspelling crosswords!

Writers of my acquaintance! I'm running a writing seminar next year and I need to put the topic/program together; I could use some crowdsourced advice.

If you had the opportunity (at a writing workshop, a con, etc) to hear a panel of successful writers talk about writing, what are the sorts of things you would find most interesting/useful to hear ( Read more... )

Here's another installment of Gender in Genre! Feel free to read parts one and two first ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I harvested plums with a baby on my hip and the dogs and chicken in the yard, with good company and conversation. I felt very loved and pretty awesome.

Here's (part of) the haul:


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Here's another installment of Gender in Genre! The first post is hereIt's not that I wish to complain that femmes are, on the whole, a put upon or oppressed group. We get our fair share of sexism, certainly, but there's a lot of privilege that goes along with being femme ( Read more... )

mrissa made a very cogent post earlier; in summary, having your female character Strongly Dislike Needlework is an overused and lazy way to make a female genre character interesting. It looks like I have a few posts brewing that have been inspired by that, because apparently I have things to say on the topic. Here's the first ( Read more... )