I didn’t have a home birth, one of my children was born in a birth centre and the other one in a mainstream hospital but I absolutely support the right for other women to choose home birth if they so… Read More ›
Day: 2011-08-29
The Urge
Children growing up. Damn them.
Cloudwatch: Iridescence over Ethiopia
I’ve seen many clouds with faint iridescence before, and even a few where the play of colours was remarkably clear, but never anything quite as vivid as this!
Katrina and Irene
Stories about Irene will be all over the news today, and many of them will say that the evacuation orders for low-lying areas, particularly in NYC, were an overreaction. They will say this because there have been so few deaths, so few tragic images for the news media. The people who will be saying this will be wrong.
Femmostroppo Reader August 28, 2011
It’s been a busy non-writing weekend, but I have caught up with some reading. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.