Archive for July, 2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-26

Having a slow and quiet day with the kids, and allowing myself the space to mourn. # @sufficiency Dude. I freaking *adore* Astyk. She is amazing. in reply to sufficiency # Charlie's husband just asked me "What would you do over, if you knew how little time she had left?" That's a question to live [...]

Swine Flu Vaccines, and Kids

I don’t think of myself as an alarmist. I try very, very hard, especially when something bothers me in that kind of pressure-on-the-sternum kind of way, to sit back, and apply logic to the problem, to vanquish the boogeyman through sheer force of thought. But friends, this H1N1 vaccination program, and the attendant “planning” has [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-19

Gorgeous day, clear, sunny, no wind, warm. Can't decide whether I should go DO something, or lay around and enjoy it… # Is anyone going to the AABC conf in Georgia in Sept? http://bit.ly/CSgxx #birth # RT @MissAdventuring: I love Reid's 44 Little Travel Rules No One Tells You: http://ow.ly/fWvu # Loving that my kids [...]

Rewriting (My) History

I’m working on writing a book about moving aboard the boat. I’ll write more about that more on my other blog. But I’m doing a lot of cannibalizing of content from this blog and the other one. Most importantly to this post, this morning, I rewrote Rowan’s birth story. Most of my readers here know [...]

A Short History of Compulsory Schooling

This just slays me. But then again, we all need a revolution we can dance to, yeah?

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-12

Went to REI, forgot it was a sale weekend. Apparently world peace is a pale thing beside fighting over discounts. I'm completely disgusted. # RT @rozsavage: Day 43 – Mac vs PC, Land vs Sea http://ff.im/4R1qY #rozsavage #rowing #oceans # Desperately wanting to be offshore today. AIn't gonna happen, so I'm going to clean out [...]

Nutmilk Revolution

A fellow Foodlabber thought that I tirade I’d had a few years back was worthy of reposting, so I thought I’d let you know it was there. http://ecowahm.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/finding-the-time-for-a-nutmilk-revolution/

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-05

Just got to watch Emeryville do rescue practice for 4th of July with helicopters, full fire and paramedic teams. Awesome! # RT @obamafoodorama: Massive beef recall: The meat is everywhere, untracked, and little hope of hunting it down http://tinyurl.com/mtsn4c # I can almost feel the boat purr when she’s clean. It’s worth the bruised knuckles [...]