I just hand-dyed myself a chartreuse belly dance veil and hip scarf. They are not the green I would have chosen (I’m so new to dying silk), but they are quite lovely …if a little vivid. The kids do not have H1N1, the daycamp threatened to get canceled due to low attendance, but is going [...]

I have booked Friday off work. It’s my first day off alone since… yeesh, probably since before Hannah was born. I timed it to coincide with the kids having the day off school so that I could register them in a daycamp and so I’d have until 5 to myself (instead of having to pick [...]

Me: So I wrote a blog post about feminism and our relationship Ian: Oh? Me: And Alison commented to tell me how Mary had once considered titling her thesis, “Can a Feminist Live Happily with the Oppressor?” Ian: …Hm. Well, I do try to be the most benevolent oppressor possible. I’m repeating this bit of [...]