The Mommy Rant

Normally I'm a big fan of velcro. It's made lots of things in my life easier, and provided lots of entertainment to viewers of David...

They are demolishing the ideal spot. The Ideal Spot Motel that is. They are going to build condos there; right next to the condos they built...

The eggs in the windowbox nest hatched. The chicks are all bald and bug eyed. But because I'm a mother too, I told the wren her babies w...

The ants are back and infesting the dining room. There are ticks all over the back yard. I have this mounting paranoia that something is cra...

10 songs for Earth Day 1. This Land is Your Land - Woodie Guthrie 2. Where Do the Children Play - Cat Stevens 3. I Love Trash - Oscar the Gr...

In order to write this poem I made ink from crushed berries that grew naturally in my yard. My writing utensil is a stylus of bamboo grown i...

Did you know that John Todd has an Earth Day Birthday? I can't think of anything more appropriate. The local radio station has been airi...

On the weekends, Sirius Radio plays the Top 40 Countdown on both the Big 80s and the 70s on 7 stations. It sure plays through a lot faster w...

some more poems in honor of National Poetry Month candles (by H) You can make them. You can blow them out. You don't really have to thro...

Trees grow. Some people knock them down. Some of them are little. Some of them are big. Some go away and never come back. But you can grow o...

People are making excuses for spring again. "At least it's sunny." I've already heard twice today, which is pretty good fo...

The nest in our window box now has eggs in it. I don't know how many but C's been keeping a pretty good tab. Normally in this situat...

What's worse than kleenex in the washing machine? Easter chocolates! What's worse than dried out Play-Doh? Moldy Play-Doh! Today, af...

What to do with those leftover eggs. song: Roll to Me • artist: Del Amitri

The Easter gifts I ordered for the kids didn't arrive on time because they were sent by the USPS and the post office is broke, despite a...

In spending a rainy Saturday in the house with all my children, I am trying to use all the techniques of parenting class to be an "effe...

Today I checked out "Happy Feet" from the library. You know, the penguin movie, not the podiatrist promotion. It's rated PG! W...

Another disappointingly cold spring day. It was a four baby blanket night. That's baby blankets on top of me while I'm watching tv. ...

My favorite after dinner snacks are cereal, ice cream, and wine. None of these taste good together. song: You're No Good • artist: Linda...

We attended an Easter egg hunt over the weekend. It was a well-organized event, run by some nice (and very brave) parents - with an awesome ...