“Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.” Robert A. Heinlein I have no children of my own. For a long time I felt sad about that, grieved it, even though I knew it was also a blessing to not have them. I live with chronic illness, and I am certain I would […]
It’s a day of Family First for me!
“I don’t care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching–they are your family.” ~ Jim Butcher Ben drove us to the city yesterday so I could finally have some decent internet connection. We’d planned a million things for the next few days […]
Violet’s New Baby
“Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.” ~ Mae West One of our cows, Violet, gave birth yesterday morning. But instead of a snowy white calf, she produced a deep burgundy baby with blotches of white all over its head. Hmmm…. That baby didn’t come from our bull. Earlier this year, during bad […]
What happened to the Sisterhood?
“Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive.” ~ Marya Mannes I briefly thought about titling this post ‘Sisters, don’t be Bitches!’… It is somewhat surprising to me – […]
Happy Birthday, Mum!
It’s my mum’s birthday today. I can’t pop in and see her, take her flowers or make her a cake because she’s visiting with my brother down in Tasmania. (And yes, they are all safe from the fires, thank you!) So instead I thought I’d take a moment to say thank you to my mum […]