So this is my 100th post. There’s a kind-of tradition in bloglandia that for your 100th post, you write out 100 things about yourself. I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and as yet have not made that list.…
Category: recommendations
fig season & mother’s little helper
It’s fig season in our backyard. Brown Turkey Figs. The trick is to pick them when they’re ripe, but before the birds or squirrels find out that they’re ripe. (Hey, that shape is oddly familiar.) Actually I should say “squirrel”…
not the only one
I’m not the only one worried about phthalates. California residents can take action here: https://www.environmentcalifornia.org/action/environmental-health. And everyone can read more about the toxins commonly found in baby products, and the known health risks here: https://www.environmentcalifornia.org/environmental-health.
yoga, pain of being, hair-removal advice
This morning my yoga teacher cried at the beginning of our class. Yoga is about being present with whatever happens. So we were all cool with it. Even though it has never happened before. She was being present with her…
hours to go before i sleep — and 24 weeks belly pics
Have spent the last few hours online, working on the baby shower registries. I’m finding the listmania lists on Amazon to be a useful tool, as well as all the product reviews parents have taken the time to put on…
feeling a million miles away
But only one or two clicks from you. Today I am sleepy. I made it through yoga this morning, which was delightful, and have discovered as of this week that in spite of well-intentioned desires (or obsessively driven desires, depending…
advice from a stranger: registering for baby
On Saturday, I was wandering around the Farmers’ Market, thinking to myself that I should send an email to all my friends with kids and ask for advice on what stroller to get. Just at that moment, a tall man…