This is the post that no blogger ever wants to write. This is the post that no blogger thinks will ever come. This is the goodbye post. Her Bad Mother's Mother'Hood is closing up shop, at least for the time being. It's been a difficult couple of months, as many... More »
This is the post that no blogger ever wants to write. This is the post that no blogger thinks will ever come. This is the goodbye post. Her Bad Mother's Mother'Hood is closing up shop, at least for the time being. It's been a difficult couple of months, as many... More »
Shameful, really, my holiday absence. Shameful. Over one full week away, and I didn't even post a 'gone fishing' sign on my door. I would have done, but - in addition to the fact that I had not, as it happened, gone fishing - I did not know that I'd... More »
. . . . . . . Have a wonderful weekend, however you celebrate it.... More »
So, the other day I put this picture up on my blog: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pretty nice, don't you think? I'm clearly going to hell for crimes against babykind and Santa. Especially when I compare it to... More »
The amount of love that has been swirling around the blogosphere this week has been overwhelming, in the truest sense of the world. I have been, I am, overwhelmed, bowled over, engulfed by all of the love. The auction for Tanner is proceedingly wonderfully - much bidding activity; much discussion... More »
As I never fail to remind you all, I've had a crushingly bad couple of weeks and as a result have been a negligent blogger. Short, dismal posts, and little to no blog-visiting. My title as Mother'Hood Tour Guide, Cheerleader and Welcome Wagon has been undeserved these past couple of... More »
I've been a total downer lately, and, really, who wants to read about downerness? I know, I know - one of the greatest things about blogging as a parent is that it is both an outlet for complicated emotions and a space in which one can find support for both... More »
Life has suddenly become somewhat more complicated and challenging, as it is wont to do at the most inconvenient times (in my case, end of term with its final lectures and stacks of papers and interminable meetings with panicked students, and holiday season, with its insistent holiday pressures), and so... More »
I've been a very bad blogger in recent weeks. Which is to say, I haven't been touring the 'Hood as frequently as I would like, and I certainly haven't been tapping on doors and dropping in for tea and a chat. I've been a bit overwhelmed by life, and everything,... More »

