The Nature of Family
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the nature of family and what family means in our modern world and in the United States in particular. This questioning arises most naturally when the way I have...
View ArticlePersonal Filters: for Clear-minded Living
I had just finished thinking about the Present when my homebirth mama friend shared this blog post about Personal Filters. Here’s what the blogger had to say: a personal filter: a habit or decision...
View ArticleWhat Do You Do in Your “Living” Room?
I saw this video of a Woody Harrelson “poem” in which, at one point, he plays on the words “living room” and contrasts the TV watching that goes on in there. I never thought about the phrase, but the...
View ArticleA Loving Child
How do you create a loving child? Is such a thing even possible? My daughter is socially engaged and extremely affectionate. She and I call any small child she meets a “friend.” She sometimes says,...
View ArticleOn Choice
Lately, I have been wondering: What if someone doesn’t want an empowered and informed birth? I have been saying that I am all about choice. I am having a hard time lately trying to figure out what my...
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