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family footprint

April 19, 2008

As a follow-up, I took the footprint quiz that posted about. I was irked that they did not even ask about diapers, and ashamed that we would need 5 Earths to support a whole world of people who live like I do. It’s all about the fuel consumption for travel – we drive everywhere, all [...]

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wash or toss, part II

April 19, 2008

I posted this poll a few months back, about what people re-use and what they throw away. I didn’t have a big green agenda about it, I was just curious, but the results made me realize I’m not as green as I think. I was already planning this follow-up post for today, after an awesome [...]

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Rio's first fanfic

April 19, 2008

In the car on the way home: “I want to talk about Buffy!” Me, “OK, what about Buffy?” “I want there to be a Buffalo, and the Buffalo should be one of Buffy’s friends. Xander can be the Buffalo. Xander turns into a Buffalo. There can be lots of Buffalo, and some of them can [...]

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Still a white person

March 3, 2008

Stuffwhitepeoplelike got me again He knows all my dirty little secrets.

Tagged as: blogs, funny, life stuff, parenting, rio

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Hippy Thanksgiving!

November 22, 2007

Right now I am wearing a flour-covered baby in a sling while I roll out pie crusts for our Thanksgiving dinner. In addition to piles of locally grown organic veggies, my kitchen counter is playing host to the Tassajara Bread Book, the Moosewood Cookbook and The Farm Recipe Book. In other words, I have officially [...]

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Six weeks – ideas

August 21, 2007

I have a quiet moment now to try to type out those ideas (I will not bother to call them goals) about things I’d like to do with the rest of this calendar year. – establish a regular exercise routine – swimming, working out, yoga, etc. – get Rio involved in swim classes and preschool [...]

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six weeks

August 20, 2007

Serena is six weeks old today. The past six weeks have been a mostly delightful blur of her beautiful face, her amazing smile, her new baby smell and funny way of breathing and the way she bunches her hands under her chin like a tiny Thinker. I thought I would make a post about ideas [...]

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Welcome Serena Rose!

July 15, 2007

Serena Rose Hunter Black was born at 10 pm EST on July 9 at The Birth Cottage, as planned. She was born in the birth tub and caught by her dad. Her sister cut the cord like she’d been wanting to. Serena Rose weighed 10 pounds 7 ounces, is 23 inches long and has very [...]

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Rio’s hair!

July 6, 2007

So the big news of the day is that while I was sleeping in, my mother took Rio to her hairdresser and had her hair cut into a short bob. Basically the same cut I have. This was her first haircut ever, and I was pretty sad to miss it – not even knowing it [...]

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