I’ve been trying to find a coherent and nicely packaged way into talking about the current realities of parenting a transgender child while living in a…
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I’ve been working on my mittens for the project I talked about two weeks ago. I suspect this will be the first pair of many but that many of those pairs…
Before the list, a note for the knitters: Years and years ago, after my faith in humanity was at an especially low ebb, I put out a call for mittens…
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When the stars align, I can tie together the topics I want to write. Brains like patterns and connections and mine is particularly good at finding them…
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February 2023

Rihanna’s halftime show blew my mind. Not because of Ri-Ri but because of the tech. Wired went behind the scenes to show you how it was done. This piece…
As you know Bob, I’m a little obsessed with Isabella Bird. Quick recap if you’re new here: Bird was a Victorian-era adventurer who traveled the globe…

January 2023

Get ‘em, Peggy. In addition to their uteruses being a source of consternation, women’s faces are terrifying and their upper arms to be regulated. If you…
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Perhaps this will be the lesson of our age: if a man promises the moon, the sun, and the stars, make him pony up at least a couple of celestial bodies…
Before I get to the many thing, a quick shout-out to writer Sara Gran, whose books make me insanely jealous because they’re just so rich and layered and…
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Before Christmas, I did a thing. But before I show you that thing, I need to explain a few other things: The last few years have been, at best, rough…
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December 2022

I am late to the party when it comes to The Great, the Hulu series that vaguely tells Catherine the Great’s story. You know, the Russian Queen who…
Before I get to the link round-up, a little shameless self promotion: Over on Another Mother Runner I wrote about resilience. It’s only sort of about…