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Daddy came home from a day trip to Denver (left at 6 am, back home at 9 pm) and went in to look at baby while she slept. Moments later, I heard crying. I guess he touched her head and it woke her. I told her he could hold her and rock her in the [...]

Everything good for you is bad for you. Everything bad for you is good for you. Butter is good. Butter is BAD! Margarine is good! Margarine is BAD! Butter is good again! Milk is good. Milk is BAD! Soy milk is good! Soy milk is BAD! Milk is good again! (raw milk, that is) Why [...]

I had to go to the dentist this afternoon (they are putting in a crown on the crownless root canal tooth I had worked on before Kate was born). Driving home from downtown around 4:30 pm, I got to see the most spectacular sunset. OK not the most spectacular, because every sunset is spectacular. In [...]

Quick post… baby's about to wake up from her morning nap. I'm excited about getting back to composting. I've been reading about compost bins — just trying to decide which kind to get. We have a ton of leaves and garden cuttings. I will need to work with our gardener to make sure he puts [...]

So much to do… today Kate and I are going to Whole Foods and Rawesome. If there's time (I doubt it but maybe) we will stop off at the YMCA. I want to find out about their swimming classes for babies. I also need to harvest my basil and freeze a bunch of pesto. Not [...]

I read Jenny McCarthy's book, “Louder Than Words” last night. It totally blew me away. So moving and absolutely gripping. What I love about Jenny McCarthy is how forthright and honest she is. She calls it like she sees it. And she's not afraid to be herself. I really love and admire that in a [...]

“Appreciation: to see the nature of or to increase the value of” “Love and appreciation are identical vibrations. It's the vibration of alignment with who you are. It's the absence of resistance. It's the absence of doubt and fear. It's the absence of self-denial or hatred to others. It's the absence of everything that feels [...]