Every now and then, I just have to use this space to report on the silly things our kids say. Especially after this post. And, when I think back to the process of writing A Dozen Invisible Pieces and Other Confessions of Motherhood, the writing of the funny things our kids say was one of [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 29, 2009
It’s a Man Thing
I recently responded to a HARO PR query entitled, “It’s A Man Thing.”
After responding with curiosity and intrigue to the query, I had a lovely thirty-minute telephone conversation with Lillian Caldwell–the author of the proposed book about mens’ quirks and laughable repetitive behaviors.
Caldwell, author of Sacred Honor and the forth-coming Anna Mae Mysteries is in [...]
January 28, 2009
Safe Motherhood Quilt Project
“The Safe Motherhood Quilt project is about honoring women who have died in or around the time of childbearing, and bringing to light the secretly high maternal death rate otherwise misrepresented by our country’s honor-system-only reporting structure.”
January 27, 2009
Penelope Leach on Child Care and So Much More…
I was thrilled to hear an introduction on the NPR syndicated news magazine, Here and Now, about Penelope Leach’s new book Child Care Today, Getting it Right For Everyone. You can listen to Robin Young’s interview of Dr. Leach here. But, if childcare is not an issue that currently affects you…don’t click away so soon. [...]
