cafemamasarah gilbert's weblog, in which she discusses life as a mama, whether she's working, blogging, writing, marketing, reading, running, knitting, sewing, birthing, cooking or just thinkingin my garden, the laborers are plenty, but the harvest is few . may 20 . 2008- May 26, 2008 It is May, and it is hot. After months of unusual spring coolness, it is HOT, and it makes me feel as if it should be July already -- I'm a born Portlander, conditioned to only expect heat for two months of the year. It should be harvest time. But instead of harvesting, I'm still planting, setting out some of my tiny tomato starts (far healthier than I imagined they'd be, what with my half-dozen inexpert mistakes, the foremost of which was leaving them where the chickens could climb on them),..http://www.cafemama.com/2008/may/20_garden_laborers_are_plenty_harvest_is_few.html mamas for hillary unite . may 09 . 2008- May 10, 2008 I 'came out' for Hillary on MOMocrats this week. There are a million of detailed wonky reasons to vote for either Obama or Hillary, and both have said a couple of bonehead things. I don't want to get into that. I'm voting for Hillary, first, because she connects with me on a couple of vital policy issues -- her commitment to health insurance for everyone, her focus on better family leave, and her (little-talked-about) belief in the importance of local, seasonal eating. The second reason is that.http://www.cafemama.com/2008/may/09_mamas_for_hillary.html the adventures of the mamabikeorama . may 03 . 2008- May 5, 2008 This is not the first time I have ridden up this hill. No, not at all. But it is the first time like this. I grew up in the neighborhood around this long, steady hill on Harrison Street, and it is probably 30 years since I first rode a bicycle without training wheels, and 20-some since I first rode this hill all the way from bottom to top. I find myself wondering if it was just as hard then; how much better shape am I, today, than I was at 13 For today I am pushing a whale of a bike, along...http://www.cafemama.com/2008/may/03_adventures_of_mamabikeorama.html |