Sicker Than Others Saving the Landfills, one Giant Plastic Toy At a Time

In the distance, a plot is hatching. How can they distract me long enough for one of them to unbury the baby mud turtle from its new home in the flower pot? ...

My middle child likes to bring skeletons to school for my mother’s library, where there is an impressive collection of preserved snake skins, bug remains, and bones of different origin. If someone is wounded, she’s the first one on the scene because hey- it’s pretty interesting. I believe the reason that she is almost seven and ...

I'll tell you this one thing: I could've stood there and watched those dolphins swim back and forth in front of me in the underwater viewing tank at Sea World for hours and hours. I know I'm not supposed to say that because Shamu killed that trainer and really those dolphins are probably thinking something ...

I’ve cleaned out my closet because I’m a fan of metaphor, and because I don’t have a magic grief reliever or pregnancy disappearer or fast forward button for our lives. And also- I’m going to say this because I’m tired of dancing around the issue and being afraid of losing friends: I’ve lost a SHITLOAD of ...

I know my 5-year old is exposed to other...forces outside my control. Children of the fundies. Kids that get out of the trucks with the confederate flags. Children that hear the N word at dinner. They play together at recess, because my daughter wasn't raised to fear and avoid these kids, and at such ...