A Discovery of Witches by Deborah E. Harkness. A fun read in which an American witch and a French (well, now he's British 1000+ years l...

Life as a parent is full of either/or's: either I let my baby cry while I shower, or I hold my baby and forego personal hygeine. Either ...

Several months ago I was browsing through Etsy and came across The Mermaid's Muse . I fell in love. I never knew that wool could so bea...

If you are one of these winners, please get in touch with me! llamaofdoom (BOLD giveaway) Still standin' (BOLD giveaway) Rosemary (...

I'm back from another Lamaze conference . This year seemed to be "all about the baby." Almost every presentation I attended (a...

I'm in the lone star state for the annual Lamaze Conference . I'm staying with Desiree of Hitting My Stride . Our babies are hanging...

Interested in trying a product from TriLight Health ? I am offering a giveaway to two more lucky winners! Each winner will receive their cho...

Before this next weekend comes to a close, I want to write about my Labor Day weekend in NYC. First off--going somewhere with just my husban...

Nursing Inga before the BOLD 5th Anniversary Event at the Museum of Motherhood in NYC. More details coming later about the weekend... (I th...

Don't forget to register to register to view the BOLD's free webcast of BIRTH ! It will be shown live tomorrow (Labor Day) at 7pm ES...

Today my freshman composition students are discussing what it means to be a man or a woman, in preparation for their first major writing ass...

I am super excited to announce that I'll be coming to the BOLD ( Birth on Labor Day) 5th Anniversary event in New York City! Playwright...

Yesterday I read a fascinating--and somewhat disturbing-- New York Times Magazine article about twin-to-singleton pregnancy reductions. For...

Twitter phenom Feminist Hulk recently spoke with Ms. magazine about giving birth . Turns out she's a PhD student from the University o...

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Zari got kicked out of Sunday School today. I love saying that. And it's true. So here's the back story: we go to a 3-hour block o...

I love my new house, but I have a love-hate relationship with the yard. When we closed a few months ago, the property looked like a jungle. ...

It's been a whirlwind past few weeks. I applied to teach a section of freshman composition, got accepted, and have been in new faculty o...

A friend of mine (actually, the friend who helped introduce me to my husband!) just wrote to me with a request. She had a vaginal birth, and...

So many changes start once your baby reaches 3 months. In the last two months, Inga started laughing (first laugh at 3 1/2 months when I was...