Conversation 1: Baxter: Oh no it’s going to rain! Me: No, I think it’ll just be cloudy in the morning. Amelia: The word that Mama is looking for is “overcast.” Conversation 2: Amelia: What’s the hippo in Tinga Tinga called? Me: Is it Hippo? Amelia: No. Me: Harriet? Amelia: No. Me: Hortense? Amelia: No. Me:Continue reading “Two and a half conversations with Amelia”
Are you woman enough to survive Bitch Planet?
This piece in Ms Magazine on the feminist scifi comic Bitch Planet was so interesting! Basically, Bitch Planet is a feminist sci-fi nerd’s Holy Grail. Adding to what is already a stacked lineup of feminist fist-pump-worthy moments, the end of each issue includes a feminist guest essay and the back page is filled with retro-styleContinue reading “Are you woman enough to survive Bitch Planet? “
Sunny sunflower
More color theory from Amelia
Peach is angry and looking forward. Like angry that you can’t have a treat, and looking forward to your birthday party.
When you are three and your plate of pancakes is too hot to pick up
Things parents say about their daughter sometimes
Tom: How was amelia this morning? Andrea: calm. apologized for yelling last night Andrea: I want to have a calm discussion of all the begging we’ve had lately Andrea: but it needs to be when no one’s already mad about something else For the record, this does not seem likely to happen anytime very soon;Continue reading “Things parents say about their daughter sometimes”
Max finally gets the all attention he deserves
Two parenting hacks and one instance of just plain good luck
Hack: Amelia is reluctant to read aloud to me/us. Today she brought me her 18″ doll Bella and asked me to brush Bella’s hair. (Amelia isn’t persistent and careful enough to do a good job and brushing hair is one of the few things I ever liked about playing with dolls.) I told her I’dContinue reading “Two parenting hacks and one instance of just plain good luck”
So-far book review: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Got this at the used bookstore yesterday, hoping to read it to Amelia. It’s set in Texas in 1899, and the protagonist is a girl who identifies herself as a naturalist despite her school teaching her: Reading, Spelling, Arithmetic, and Penmanship. oh, and Deportment. I got an ‘acceptable’ for Posture but an ‘unsatisfactory’ for UseContinue reading “So-far book review: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate”
Just don’t do it
Originally posted on language: a feminist guide:
This week everyone’s been talking about an article in the Economist explaining how men’s use of language undermines their authority. According to the author, a senior manager at Microsoft, men have a bad habit of punctuating everything they say with sentence adverbs like ‘actually’, ‘obviously’, ‘seriously’ and ‘frankly’.…
Chocolate cream pie
I was in enough of a hurry to serve and eat this one that I forgot to take a picture before we cut into it. 🙂 And as you can see, it was quite popular; from the America’s Test Kitchen Family Baking Book. I’ve done a lot of baking lately! I don’t think we’llContinue reading “Chocolate cream pie”
My lunch date
The Thing With The Stuff 