Aaaaaaaaaaaand here we go again! The Lesson of Failure This one was about an event that happened over 20 years ago. How weird, the little things that stick in your head…
Archive for August, 2008
August 26 2008
Mama Mala
Over the last extremely stressful year, I’ve been exploring my personal spirituality a lot. There are no atheists in foxholes, the saying goes, and I kinda roll with that. Frankly, I almost have to believe that, because of some of the things that I’ve seen happen to other moms, and that have happened to me. [...]
August 19 2008
Conscious Woman Online — Kudos for Me!
I am teaching a series over at Conscious Woman, “Conscious Woman Online“, to help encourage people who have good messages to offer to get online and start communicating with the Digital Natives who are already there. Yesterday’s class was disappointingly small; only two registrants. Wah, right? Those two registrants were none other than Gloria Lemay, [...]
August 18 2008
Posing
Kestrel wanted me to take a picture of him and Aurora. He had been holding her for a while, and thought they looked cute. So I picked up the camera. Clearly, Kestrel was far more interested in being photogenic than Aurora was. Jason stepped in to try to get her to focus in the same [...]
August 16 2008
WestJet Sucks
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/080807/science/vancouver_bc_breast_feeding_cover_up_west_jet OTTAWA (CBC) – Another Vancouver woman has come forward to say she was harassed while breastfeeding in public. Vancouver teacher Erin Tarbuck told CBC News she was nursing her 11-month-old son on a recent WestJet flight as the plane was preparing for takeoff, when a flight attendant asked her to cover up. Takeoff and [...]
August 14 2008
Aurora Smiles
This is the song that plays in my head when Aurora smiles. So I thought I’d share the moment with you. Jackie Wilson said It was "reet-petite" Kinda love you got Knock me off my feet Let it all hang out Oh, let it all hang out. And you know I’m so wired-up Don’t need [...]
August 12 2008
Milk and Love 2 — Tikva
Yesterday, I received an email forward simultaneously from both of my favorite Jessicas in the world. They were pointing me towards a woman who had a bunch of frozen milk to donate to some worthy baby, and they both thought of Halima. I pounced, and immediately sent the woman, Gal, an email asking for the [...]
August 12 2008
Help Zac! Buy Shirts!
I don’t normally flog merchandise, but Zac Sunderland‘s family has t-shirts for sale on his site, to help raise money for his effort. So… make with the clicky and buy a few! Surely you know a bunch of homeschoolers who could use a new wardrobe item? What better than this? http://www.qbaroo.com/zacsunderland/main.cfm?categoryoid=1
August 11 2008
Aurora — Dolphin Dreaming
Miss Aurora down for the afternoon nap. Who knows what babies dream of? We can only guess.
August 9 2008
Happily Homeschooling in CA
The decision came out yesterday from the Cailfornia Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Three with regard to the In re Rachel L. case. Yes, Virginia, you can homeschool in this state. All the relevant info can be found on CHN’s website. Now everyone can quit freaking out and we can file our paperwork [...]
August 5 2008
Conscious Woman of the Month — Manjula Pradeep
http://consciouswoman.org/2008/08/04/conscious-woman-of-the-month-august-2008/ Want to have your blood pressure raised? Want to realize yet again how incredibly lucky you are to have been born as you were? Read this month’s Conscious Woman article, about Dalit activist Manjula Pradeep.
