It takes a village
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2008
I stepped out of the shower this evening to find my six year-old daughter face down in her bed sobbing, “Nobody likes me!” She wasn’t crying to anyone; she didn’t even know I was standing there. She was crying to herself, into her pillow. Painful flashbacks rattled me into motion.
After calming Tiernan down from […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 28th, 2008
People sometimes say that Cambridge is the Berkley of the East Coast - but when it comes to regulating nanoparticles - not yet.
Posted in Children: Health, Grown-Ups: Health, Responsible citizens on Jul 26th, 2008
Turns out Joe Jackson was right: everything gives you cancer.
New on my list today: granite countertops.
There were some alarming recommendations about cell phone use and cancer on NPR yesterday. You can see a similar article here.
However (just when I was congratulating myself on preferring my landline for long phone conversations), it’s my understanding that my […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 25th, 2008
I actually meant to write this months ago and forgot about it — but yesterday I again saw an add that made me cringe…
It’s a new set of Pampers ads — it promises that for every box of Pampers you buy the company will pay for a vaccine somewhere far away — there are pretty […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 22nd, 2008
Maybe it’s because I’m reading Reviving Ophelia, freaking out for the future of our six-year old girl, and need some reassurance from those who have been there. Or maybe it’s because I have two young boys and feel like I know NOTHING about boys, never mind teen-aged boys. But I would love to have a […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Classes on Jul 21st, 2008
When I think of who I am, I think: mother, wife, friend, wishful artist and aspiring yogini. I could add many other things in there that I used to identify myself as, or desperately wish I could now, but the fact is: I am a mother of three young children, so really, how much more […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 15th, 2008
Get out and check out Somerville at its quirky, artsy and talented best during Artbeat, an annual arts festival that takes over Davis Square this Friday night and Saturday, July 18th and 19th. Music, performance, activities, vendors… art in all shapes and sizes. Somerville shows that there is more to festivals than 8 […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 12th, 2008
Before I begin this monologue, I would like complete disclosure. First, I know I am fortunate to be able to stay home with my children while they are young, even though it has cost us ungodly amounts of student loans. Second, if I were to return to work with two preschool-aged children, the amount […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 3rd, 2008
Hey…..I don’t know if anyone is as interested in compost as I am - BUT - I was very excited to hear that the Cambridge pilot program has been a success and will continue. Bonus: their first community partner is the Whole Foods on Prospect Street - you can now bring your compost there during […]
