This post originally appeared on DC Metro Moms on February 8, 2010 What is a snowstorm good for? Just what all does one do during a snowed-in weekend like we’ve had here in the DC area? I got an email this morning telling me that DC Metro Moms was low on posts, so I imagine…
Holistic living in the news
So, a columnist whose work I really like wrote about me and my Holistic Moms group in the Washington Post in an article that was titled on paper “Healthier eating, a nibble at a time” but appears online here as “No need to go hog-wild in making healthier food choices.” I already posted some comments…
"Getting there" with writing
I may have been a little sick, but at least I got a submission off to the Moving Words Poetry Competition. After having had a computer crash and loss of a lot of pieces about 6 months ago, I was pleased to find three (well, two that were written and one that got quickly re-written)…
Mama gets the sniffles
Here is a health-focused piece cross-posted from my main blog, Crunchy-Chewy Mama. I had been putting more health-focused pieces here and more snippets from life on the alternative mainstream divide over there, but I now that I am writing for The Washington Times Communities at “Reading Ingredients: Tales of a Health-Conscious Mom,” I’m re-evaluating my…
Mama gets the sniffles
We’ve got 60 degrees here in Metro DC and I think I’m finally getting over a cold that started two weeks ago. I never get sick and stay sick. This was annoying. Not so bad that I had to make the husband stay home or back out on a major event I was planning, but…
Driving in pajamas
This post originally appeared on DC Metro Moms on January 20, 2010 Driving in pajamas Truth be told, I was no fan of the arctic cold snap we had here in the DC area in early January. That wind whistled right through my bones, and I’m glad it’s died down and the temps have gone…
Time for mom?
I guess time management experts consider my time writing this to be part of my 30 hours of weekly “leisure time,” so I’ll keep it short. Brigid Schulte has written about this elusive free time concept with regard to moms in the Washington Post Magazine. Definitely interesting stuff. Better stop multitasking and actually listen to…
Take a break, Winter.
I think my shoulders are finally detaching from my ears. Fifty degrees and the disappearance of last week’s bone-chilling wind could not have come too soon. I’m amazed at how different my attitude is now that I’ve actually had some warm, fresh air. The world feels open instead of hunched into a ball. I can…
Why I’m Not a Vegetarian Anymore
In preparation for writing a piece for my column at the Washington Times Communities, “Reading Ingredients: Tales from a Health-Conscious Mom,” I realized that I could stand to write a background post on why I eat the way I do when it’s so different from how I used to eat. I’ve written some about my…
Why I’m not vegetarian anymore
In preparation for writing a piece for my column at the Washington Times Communities, “Reading Ingredients: Tales from a Health-Conscious Mom,” I realized that I could stand to write have a background post on why I eat the way I do when it’s so different from how I used to eat. I’ve written some about…
Why family around can make Mama’s life easier
See my recent post, “Ill Take a Village. Please.” at DC Metro Moms Blog about missing the extra hands that helped entertain my son over the holidays. At least this week he was back to school and re-started a Spanish class, which gives me half day of help on Thursday and keeps me from entering…
I’ll take a village. Please.
Originally posted at DC Metro Moms. After a week home with a son who was just sick enough to have to stay home from preschool, followed by a weekend of the biggest December snow ever in D.C., I was ready to get out o’ town on Christmas Eve. The cab that took us to the…
Writing opportunities
Here are some submission deadlines I want to keep track of: January 10 – Parenthood anthology – http://cityworkspress.org/submit.htmlCity Works Press seeks poetry, fiction, prose and art on motherhood and/or fatherhood for our upcoming anthology. Give us your moments of sublime joy as well your dark nights of the soul. Talk about birth, nursing, relationships, adoption,…
I’ll take a village. Please
This post originally appeared on Dc Metro Moms on January 4, 2010 I’ll take a village. Please. After a week home with a son who was just sick enough to have to stay home from preschool, followed by a weekend of the biggest December snow ever in D.C., I was ready to get out o’…
Applesauce Cake – Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Low-Sugar
At my son’s Waldorf school, birthdays are celebrated with applesauce cake. We always pack my son a wheat-free, gluten-free alternative for the baked goods. I also make them dairy-free so that I can eat them and because we try to keep my son’s dairy intake down. I was very pleased with the cake we made…
The call to simplify…
A friend sent this piece by Ann Patchett as inspiration for taking oneself seriously as a writer. I love it and did find inspiration in it, but I also found it rather divorced from the world of being an at-home mother. Additionally, I am someone who seriously needs to spend a good bit of time…
Startting 2010 as a writer
A friend sent me this piece by Ann Patchett that is inspiring but daunting. Can I commit to a daily writing practice for 32 days, starting tomorrow. And if I do, will it stick? What if I can’t sleep at 2 a.m. and so getting up early to write means I’m going to be a…
Yummy food for the holidays
We had a lovely holiday today. After a very busy Thanksgiving hosting four adults and two teenagers, I enjoyed not having to do a whole bunch today while at my in-laws’. But I did make the pumpkin pies, and they turned out delicious! Check out this (newly updated) recipe for Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Pumpkin Pie on…
The million-dollar question
During our week home sick together, my son did a lot of whining and a lot of snuggling. But he also came up with plenty of interesting things to say, including this question he asked of me while I was peeing: “When are you going to get a penis?” My response about that he would,…
A week home sick
I’m still climbing out from the mounds of things that piled up this past week when my son missed all three days of preschool. Monday I thought was just a precaution, that going would tire him out. The cough wasn’t that bad. But apparently it was too much to take him to the Vitamin Shoppe…