Megan Alton over at Waking Up Happy has been conducting interviews as part of her Knowing Birth series. I am honored to have my interview featured. Where did you choose to have your birth and why?… …It was only when I was pregnant that I learned about Ina May Gaskin. I found out that the […]
Traditional Family Chocolate Bread Pudding Recipe
I grew up eating the most amazing chocolate bread pudding the world has ever known, which came from my great-grandmother. I’m not sure if it came from her originally; that’s as far back as I can trace it. My mother remembers that her mother often made it for my grandfather (who would have grown up […]
A Critique of a Critique of Extended Breastfeeding
I’m not sure why I opened What to Expect the Toddler Years (Eisenberg/Murkoff/Hathaway, 1994/1996). Morbid curiosity I guess. The books in this series are notorious for maintaining the status quo, but they do so in a typically non-invasive way, especially if you go into it wary-eyed. Early in my pregnancy, I learned to take everything […]