This past weekend, Tim and I attended one of my friends’ weddings and it was absolutely beautiful. The bride teaches across the hall from me, so we spent a lot of time talking about weddings this year – as you… Read more ›
If you’re an RSS fiend and you haven’t stopped by Small Strokes lately, please do so. I completely revamped the theme, and I’m really happy with it. It’s more website-y than journalistic. And it’s totally girly. Also, I’ve (or I’ve… Read more ›
This is a guest post from Gwenn Liberty Seemel. Gwenn is named after the Liberty Bell, a cracked ding-dong with a venerable history. Gwenn is a working artist who has sold her soul to the genre of portraiture, and she is… Read more ›
Day After Night by Anita Diamant My rating: 5 of 5 stars Instead of a review, I’m going to post my discussion questions for the Chifems Book Club (meeting on May 1! Come join us!!). There are spoilers in the questions,… Read more ›
You may have noticed that I’ve been writing quite a bit about books lately. If you haven’t noticed… well… then you haven’t been reading! You may be over there wondering why this is (or simply enjoying the brilliance of my… Read more ›
Today’s post is a guest post from Marie Owens. Marie works in security logistics. In her spare time she teaches a female self-defense course and studies law in Washington state. When you think of careers in criminal justice, you probably… Read more ›
Today is the National Day of Silence during which students who choose to do so will remain silent all day to draw attention to anti-LGBTQ name calling, harassment, bullying, and violence in schools. Today, many of my own high school… Read more ›
The Magicians by Lev Grossman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Well. I read this book because Jillian recommended it to me and loaned me the book. And I am absolutely not sad I did. However, I do think the… Read more ›
Six months ago today, I was busy primping and pampering myself, trying to make myself look more beautiful than I’ve ever looked before. I arrived at the bridal suite nervous and a little cranky. Anticipation has never been my thing.… Read more ›
On Sunday, I had the good fortune to hear Jenn Pozner read from Reality Bites Back at Women & Children First Bookstore. I was very excited to hear her read, and to hang out with some Chifems, especially since this… Read more ›
Tim and I viewed our first houses in our house hunt on Monday. And believe it or not, we found a house that was absolutely gorgeous. Perfect neighborhood, perfect yard, perfect kitchen, perfect basement, perfect bathrooms, perfect fireplace… it was… Read more ›
Good Enough Is the New Perfect by Becky Beaupre Gillespie My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m going to start this review with two important admissions: 1. I am not a mother. 2. I consciously decided not to finish the… Read more ›
What book should we read in April, Chifems? Vote any time between now and Friday, April 8. The book will be selected on Friday, and we ARE going to read it this month, and we ARE going to meet! I… Read more ›
Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart by Nina Simons My rating: 4 of 5 stars A review copy of this book has been on my desk since the end of December, and I feel terrible that I’m… Read more ›
Yesterday was our very first family Ultimate Spring Cleaning, which is like normal spring cleaning but with more yelling. 🙂 I kid – we actually didn’t yell at all yesterday, and the spring cleaning was – admittedly – kind of… Read more ›
I love posts about people finding their feminism. They just make me so happy inside! 🙂 Here’s a great one by Lisa Shoreland. She is currently a resident blogger at Go College, where recently she’s been researching parent plus loan… Read more ›
The Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez My rating: 2 of 5 stars I really, really wanted to like this book. I really, really wanted to finish this book. The fact of the matter is, though, that I’ve never… Read more ›
Today’s post comes from a college friend of mine, Molly, who is currently working at the Prairie Center Against Sexual Assault in Springfield, IL. She’s doing some great work with women and men in her community, helping prevent sexual assault,… Read more ›
I had the good fortune to attend and present at the Connections Conference last week. The awesome thing about presenting at conferences like these is that my registration fee is paid and I get to attend all sorts of great… Read more ›
I can’t even tell you how good it is to be typing this right now. I’m really excited to be back! I waited for a few days and, seeing no more spam links, I devoted some time to getting rid… Read more ›