From the Archives
No Wedding No Womb
Maybe you are old enough to remember Grease 2. Hopefully you remember the Fallout Shelter scene in which Louis tries to convince Sharon to sleep with him. He sings to her, urging to “…do it for your country” and promising that “your mother will approve.” His musical attempt fails as she realizes that he is Read the full article →
Filling the frame, or is 1/8th enough?
by Catherine Anderson We live in Maine. I’ve lived here over ten years. I have created, and been nurtured by an amazing community of loving friends, and engaging colleagues a few miles from the ocean, yards from a thriving small city, and a half hour drive from breathtaking wilderness. I came here after nearly a Read the full article →
Yes is the new…yes? Yes!
by Catherine Anderson It wasn’t nearly as hard as I thought it would be. Yes you can have a brownie after you eat a healthy dinner. Yes you can rough house, in the playroom. Yes you can wear that hideous skeleton t-shirt as long as you wear a turtleneck underneath so you don’t freeze on Read the full article →
The near death of motherhood
by Michele Dortch It’s no wonder that motherhood is sometimes a struggle. We spend so much time strangling her into compliance (i.e. “my way”) that she rarely has room to breathe. She chokes up. She gasps for air. She begs to be let alone. Just for a moment. Still, you grasp her firm because it’s Read the full article →
In the Spotlight: Renee Ross
Renée, Co-Founder of the We of hue Media and it’s subsidiaries, We of Hue Network and Moms of Hue, authors the parenting blog Cutie Booty Cakes where she discusses her life with a toddler and reviews products that make life easier for moms and their children. Renee’s dedication and social media savvy has helped to Read the full article →
New Column: Sweet Tea Tuesdays
Iced or hot, honey or sugar when Southern women commune there’s gon’ be some sweet tea! Welcome to Sweet Tea Tuesdays, my NEW! weekly column.
Let’s get it on
by Michele Dortch 2009 is coming to an end and I’m glad for it. It was a tumultuous year filled with the kind of up and down roller coaster ride that is both exhilarating and sickening. When I began 2009, I was filled with anticipation of a consciously complacent year. The time felt right to Read the full article →
Kiss the girls
It’s 5:00 pm. I am running late for my son’s 5:15 pm check-up, as usual, and all of me, eight months pregnant belly, stuffed-to-capacity purse and two and half inch heels (I know I should know better), is bounding into daycare prepared to exchange very brief pleasantries with my son’s providers and snatch him up Read the full article →
