Haptic means of or related to the sense of touch. I am a nursing mother of a little one plus we have a toddler and a 10 year old. My days are full of touching literally; the world around us is broiling in interaction between humans and animals and art and structures- a sort of haptic storm...
I plan to write about these interactions, seasons, cycles, and lifetimes. Enjoy.
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The PTA (Parent Teachers Association)
I finally broke down and went to our local PTA meeting. It was one of the most depressing experiences in all the meetings I've attended. The entire meeting was about money. How to raise money. How much money we have. How much money we spent. When/how to...
Learning
I think people who are learning to be less human (that is,
children/teens who are being taught how to live learn and love
"within the system" aka "growing up") try on different ways of being. Some of these
manifest as laughing at others' suffering, or actively...
That moment
As a mother, I always worry that while I may learn good things and good ways from other peoole and from books, there could be something missing inside me. Some lack of real caring that will show through in a moment too quick to cover up my flaws. Memories I have of totally uncaring...
Roots
I grew up in Louisiana. I lived there for 14 years before moving to another part of Louisiana. After a few years of moving around, I lived in Las Vegas for 10 years. In those two places, I grew roots while I lived there. I felt like I was home. I shared with the...
Thoughts on George Orwell's 1984
I'm only halfway through the book, but I'm feeling the need to write this anyway... As a socialist, I'm pretty disturbed that Orwell tries to make socialism into the same thing as fascism. No wonder people like my mom think socialism is scary. I'd say that it is more of a...
Patricia Pearlman I miss you and I'm sorry
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Style and Anarchism
I am a white girl with no style. Close to 75% of my current wardrobe was free. I can say without a doubt that I am 99% of the time NEVER bothered by this. I'm a mother of three and I do not have time for shopping, I do not have a need for expensive clothes, and I don't believe...
Dressing the Girl
OH the pink! My 6 month old girl has thankfully almost outgrown all the pink infant clothes she was given. She's starting to wear some of her brother's old clothes now and I couldn't be happier about it. It's not so much the color pink per se, as the AMOUNT of it, and the...
Everyone Just Sleeping
Giving my little ones naps all the time I spend quite a bit of time thinking about sleep. I was thinking how sleep is really a common denominator, how whether you're in the US or in Venezuela or China or Darfur, everyone has to sleep. To me this puts everyone in the world in a...
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