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Fiona

Fiona posted Daughters Growing Up With Mad Mothers .... | 5 days ago

I’ve been reading this book, which I picked up at a recent AASW conference I attended. This post is a bit of a review of the book, but is also liberally peppered with my own experiences and thoughts both as a social worker and as a woman who has grown up with a mother who, I now recognize, had...

cat

cat posted the home made swimmers | 6 days ago

After looking through old photos of myself and my sibs when we were kids, I have come to the conclusion that we must have worn the most ridiculous, daggy swimmers you could ever hope (not) to see. Now I myself only saw my mother sew once, when she sewed my bridesmaid doll a dress and cape. But these...

Off The 110

Off The 110 posted but I am twelve | Nov 6, 2009

My friend Meg has a blog, which she actually updates on a fairly regular basis. I love it because she keeps it fed with an assortment of goodies...great pics, observations, tales of wonder and shit (literally), aggravation and joy. But here's what I'm wondering: Do you ever get the feeling that your...

Off The 110

Off The 110 posted nails | Oct 28, 2009

On October first I stopped biting my nails and chewing my cuticles, a disgusting thing I've been up to for humminy-hoo-ha years. Oh, I've quit before, but the lure of so many unspoiled fingertips, and the sensory satisfaction of the perfect tear and pull always brought me back... Ah, those benign...