Well, dear friends, intrepid readers, wonderful commenters, I am off to see Long Vowels and The Junky's Wife at Vowels' wedding in less than 24 hours. I plan to bring my laptop, because I will be living out a great fantasy in life if I get to live blog with them. Yes, some people dream [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2008’
Consequences
I've been watching in awe over the past few days as the story about Alex Barton being voted out of his kindergarten class has spread from a small town paper and a few of my favorite blogs straight to the national news. (Update: Even Dr. Phil is getting in on the action.) At issue for [...]
My Faith in Humankind is Renewed
Photo credit:Photo by Kent Løset on Flickr I am proud to announce that today was the first day ever in the history of A Room of Mama's Own that visitors arriving here through Google searches for actual relevant content outnumbered visitors arriving here mistakenly looking for porn. Wow.
Update and Updates
Two quick unrelated tidbits: First, an update on the story about Alex Barton, the kindergartener who was "voted out" of his class. The school announced today that his teacher has been reassigned to an administrative post as they investigate the incident and determine a course of action. And I have to say, it's always nice [...]
Alex Barton
This weekend, Bev forwarded me a story about a little boy in Florida. Alex Barton is five, in kindergarten, and currently in the process of being diagnosed with Asperger's, a form of autism. Since then, the story has taken off around the blogosphere*, so I'm actually coming to the party late. For those who aren't [...]
Clearing out the Belly Lint
Photo credit:Photo by sheeshoo on Flickr I generally stay away from posting about news, for several reasons: This blog was designed for the purposes of gazing at my own lovely and fascinating navel. Why venture outside the bounds of my beautiful belly lint, unless news stories reflect on said belly lint? There are two sides [...]
My Parenting Hits a New Low (in Haiku)
Breakfast requested:Eggs and cheese, grits, toast and jamfor my baby girl. "Ah, that's good," I think."Eggs for protein, wheat toast carbsand jam counts as fruit." "NO!" screams baby girlas I take jam from the fridge,"I just want butter!" Ignoring the tone,I consider the substanceof girlie's request. If I don't serve jamI should have her eat [...]
Calling all Writers!
Photo credit:Photo by cindiann on Flickr I've been reading marta's blog for a while, where she posts updates on the novel she's working on. And I've been wondering when I would ever be able to get a chance to read what she's posted of it. But then I realized: I'm going to Long Vowels' wedding [...]
Who Said You Were Imaginary?
Photo credit:Photo by PaMeLa JaCKSoN on Flickr Long Vowels is getting married next week, and I'm going to her wedding! Now that might not necessarily be a big announcement. After all, if you've been reading her blog, you know Vowels is getting married. And as far as you know, Vowels could be one of my [...]
Speaking of Autism and Money…
A friend who is an OT and mom of an autistic son forwarded me a link to Autism Free Zone that I thought might be useful to some of you (although I'm really not fond of the double meaning in the name). According the site's creators, who are also parents of an autistic child, the [...]
