Category Archives: Parenting

Elena starts cruising


Our Guide to Roughing It

The good news is it’s been raining in Georgia since lunchtime yesterday, exactly the kind of rain we need, the steady rain that soaks in to the drought-dried ground instead of just running off like most of the gully-washer thunderstorms we get. As of last week we were nearly 12 inches of rain behind this […]

Fluoride in drinking water

Andrea reads the forums and articles on several parenting sites and sometimes points me to information that’s pretty interesting for our situation. Apparently, the American Dental Association acknowledges breast milk as “the most complete form of nutrition for infants,” and goes on to say that young children, and especially infants, shouldn’t drink fluorinated water. The […]

No Impact Man’s Opaque Toilet Habits

No Impact Man’s blog fascinated me when I read about it, and the fascination continued through reading the overview articles and a few of the daily posts. I mentioned I wasn’t trying to be critical as I made some comments on specific aspects of measuring impact. Now that I’ve been reading for several posts, I’ve […]

The Perfect Mess

I’m not the neatest person alive, but I’m far from the messiest.
Elizabeth on the other hand is a one-girl Perfect Storm of clutter. She’s so messy, when she walks in to a clean room, the room will clutter itself up out of fear, or maybe it’s admiration; who can tell?
I’ve learned a few things […]