Hortus Deliciarum

This morning, I ate a bowl of Rice Krispies for my grandpa.
My relationship with my maternal grandmother was always difficult – the reasons why are long and convoluted but suffice it to say that, as dearly as I love her, as a child and teenager we frequently clashed. My grandpa was easier for me [...]

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It’s funny, really, that M. of Diapers and Dragons posted an entry today about feeling flabby. It’s funny because I’ve had a little post bubbling around in my head about a question that’s perplexed me for a long time…when did I really START feeling fat?
During one of my summers home from college I was [...]

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This weekend I finally finished Paul Campos’s The Obesity Myth, a couple of weeks after reading through Health At Every Size.
I’ve been on the side of size acceptance ever since the blessed moment when someone recommended Overcoming Overeating to me back in 2003. It’s been a long process and, in reality, I’m fatter than [...]

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I guest blogged my Mothers’ Day post for my friend Heidi over at Daisybones. My entry is here, but Heidi has such a remarkably creative and unique voice that, if you haven’t already found her blog, you should go look – she’s fab!

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A post in words and pictures…
My parents share a cabin with several other church families up in La Conner, WA. La Conner sits next to the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and my parents’ cabin actually sits on tribal land, which is leased from the tribe. La Conner is also in the Skagit Valley, [...]

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This was a getting-to-know-you meme originally posted over on my Livejournal, I think.
It goes something like this:
Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate with you. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.
It got long. Really long. So I’m going to deal with [...]

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And this is the current state of the educational system…a call received at work today:
“Hello…we’re high school students doing a project on the Duwamish tribe. Do you happen to have a list of organizations that have worked with the Duwamish?”
“Er, not really. Have you tried contacting the Duwamish?”
“The Duwamish?”
“Yes. Have you tried [...]

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One of those things they don’t tell you before you become a mother (and if they do, you just don’t quite understand it) is that your kid will worm his cunning little way into your heart so deeply that when you happen to watch last week’s (two weeks ago’s?) Grey’s Anatomy and a little kid [...]

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According to this news story, a two-year-old girl has just become the youngest member of Mensa.
Things she can do:
“Elise…has an IQ of 156 and can recite the English alphabet, count to 10 in Spanish and name types of triangle…Elise can also spell her name aloud and read the words mummy and daddy.”
I don’t doubt that [...]

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