My oldest child is three. Three and a half, I suppose, although he’s not even to the age where he insists on “and a half!” I know we’ll get there soon, but for now, he’s a young preschooler, blissfully ignorant about war and global warming and all the dangers out there that we adults are [...]
Archive for April, 2008
26 Apr
Neosporin with pain relief
Neosporin, that standby magical ointment that, with a mother’s kiss, heals all wounds, has just gotten better.
Sometime between my childhood and my children’s, they came out with two incredible improvements: first, it comes in a cream version (sticky no more!), and second, they have added a topical analgesic. The new Neosporin cream + pain relief [...]
22 Apr
Rockabye: A Review
I’ll say it right up front. This is not an unbiased review. I happen to love reading Girl’s Gone Child, by Rebecca Woolf, and I had high expectations for her first book. Rockabye: From Wild to Child is the backstory to Girl’s Gone Child, the story of how she grew up, quickly, and adjusted from a fun-loving [...]
8 Apr
BlogHers Act
There is so much evil in the world. So much hopelessness and despair. So much neglect.
But this site gives each of us a chance to make a difference. A big difference. With very little effort or even money. For $15, you can treat 50 girl students to lunch, helping them have a warm meal where [...]
8 Apr
Disney and the Mommybloggers
A friend to many in the blogging community got some terrible news this week. Lisa at Clusterfook has developed cancer for the third time. She fought and won … twice … but now it’s in her organs. That’s bad, if you didn’t know that already. Her friends Karen and Miss Ann are organizing a raffle [...]
