Category: Old Blog

Parenting teaches patience, or so I’ve been told. But gardening seems to be a better teacher. Every day I go out and look at my garden to see what is new. I thrill at the new buds, leaves, and flowers. But I also find myself wishing certain things were farther along. I end up pruning…

Global Climate Change has brought Boston a lot of rain this spring. Now that I’ve started getting into gardening, rain has become a blessing rather than a nuisance. It’s so wonderful to be able to know that with each little raindrop, my new seedlings are growing roots and leaves. Being a mother of a human…

Since buying our house in 2004, I’ve interviewed dozens of contractors for many of the numerous projects our poorly neglected 1865 house needs. I’m continually disappointed with those few (thankfully, few!) contractors who insist on meeting with both me and my husband. I tell them that I’m the one gathering information and ultimately responsible for…

I recently created a chart of my week so I can see how much time I actually have. Most often it seems that all I do is childcare, but when I look at my newly prepped vegetable garden, the piles of branches from recently pruned trees, bags of leaves, and newly planted flowers, I know…

I started a blog in order to record my thoughts about motherhood, etc. A major problem with full-time motherhood is not actually having enough time to get things done. I woke up this morning when Esther cried at 2:30 a.m. I tried to get back to sleep but kept thinking about all the things I…

In this week’s Boston Sunday Globe Ideas section (March 26, 2006), Drake Bennett’s Article “A Man’s Right to Choose” exposes an interesting underside to the “Pro choice/Pro life” debate. In a 2000 case called AZ v. BZ, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a man who had signed seven agreements granting his wife control…

I made a lot of friends by joining a local “Moms Group,” but I don’t actually spend much time attending play groups. But if I wanted to, I could attend a play group every day of the week! I wonder what else these other moms (and dads — “moms group” is actually a misnomer in…

This morning in Delray, Florida, my husband, daughter and I sought out a place for Sunday Brunch. (We’re here visiting my husband Adam’s grandmother.) Not knowing the area, we decided to search the Internet for recommendations. Since we are vegetarian, we always look for vegetarian recommendations first. Eventually we found a place that promised to…

I discovered my first audioblog. What a great idea! It’s like a radio show without the radio station. I enjoyed the blog so much I’ve linked to it: See “The book of Life” in my blogroll.

The “nuclear” family is an apt title for a “small unmanagable group of people ready to explode with the slightest trigger.” I always thought I would avoid raising a family in this enviroment. My husband and I both spent many years living communally. We studied community, we worked for community and worked on books about…