http://rachele.rosi-kessel.org/weblog Musings on Motherhood, Feminism and Life in the Twenty-First Century Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:15:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was thinking of changing the name of my blog since (besides not writing often) I don't write much about being a mom or feminism as I thought I might originally. However, the issues that concern me most these days are global warming, species extinction, over population, peak oil, and ... http://rachele.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2009/07/10/living-on-a-sinking-ship/ Today, while cleaning out my bookshelves, I had an interesting revelation. In my preteens, I preferred fantasy; in my twenties, theory;  in my thirties, practice. Now, approaching my forties, with very little time to read, I spend most of my time in a reality outside of books. It reminds me ... http://rachele.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2009/03/18/ones-life-on-a-bookshelf/ From one kid to two can feel like from one to one hundred at times. Every day I think of comments to post, but not until now have I even opened this blog.  I can't believe it's been 1 1/2 years! Time goes by too fast. Perhaps my 2009 resolution will ... http://rachele.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2009/01/23/a-too-long-hiatus/ This morning, on the NPR Morning Edition's short series "Climate Connections," there was an article about the Tureng people of Mali. This nomadic people have been forced to move into cities and grow crops, rather than raise goats, because of effects of the 40 year drought. Although the men interviewed ... http://rachele.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2007/07/02/ancient-gender-struggle-plays-out-in-modern-nomadic-tribe/ What's up with the City of Boston? It seems that the mayor does not want city departments to have answering machines because he wants the city to be more personable.  I've been trying for  hours this morning  to call someone I needed to talk to from my cell phone and ... http://rachele.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2007/06/22/no-answering-machines-in-boston-city-offices/ According to my neighbor, who abuts the Taft Hill Municipal lot, there are at least seven individuals who park in the lot and then take the shuttle from the Roslindale Medical Center to the Boston Medical Center. He also knows that a previous tenant of the street now drives from ... http://rachele.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2007/06/19/bmc-employees-parking-in-roslindale/ If you were looking for an excuse to get rid of your car, the excuse has come to Roslindale in the form of Zipcar. With all the discussion around town about parking, finally there's an alternative for those who need a car sometime but not all the time. For those ... http://rachele.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2007/06/01/four-zipcars-in-roslindale/ One of my fondest memories of elementary school was sitting at those small tables at lunchtime and opening up my lunch box to find a cup of boysenberry yogurt (Does anyone make this any more?). I would take the cup, turn it upside down on a plate, and with my ... http://rachele.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2007/06/01/i-miss-the-old-paper-yogurt-cups/ My March entry on parking meters in Roslindale set off an intense discussion of what to do about people staying over the two hour limit on most Roslindale Village streets and in the municipal lot on Taft Hill Terrace. In this week's Transcript, David Ertischek reports on the May 16th ... http://rachele.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2007/05/24/parking-on-taft-hill/ This morning I looked out my window to see these two beauties! How they managed to get to my yard, I don't know. Our house borders the train tracks and then the Arboretum, but there's a tall fence between the two. There is a small hole in the fence, but it ... http://rachele.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2007/05/22/deer-in-roslindale/