TechnoEarthMama

If you’re a regular reader (or if you know me), you might have noticed that I am at least somewhat liberal.  As a result, sometimes I get into conversations that go something like this: Me: Taxing the rich is good!  Don’t you think those who have money should share with those who don’t? Person 1: [...]

Food is one thing that everyone needs. And as the recession (currently one year old) has gone on, food prices have gone up, and people’s resources for buying food have dwindled. How will food work in the economy of the future? As it’s a basic need, we should be making sure everyone has enough to [...]

Arundhati Roy has a piece today on guardian.co.uk about responding to the Mumbai terror attacks, including some history and context for the attacks.  It’s long, but I do recommend reading it. Her piece ends with this paragraph: The only way to contain (it would be naïve to say end) terrorism is to look at the [...]

Today I got to do something that is often a barrier to bicycle commuting:  I had to go to more than one site; I had a meeting at another school.  It was really no problem; about 10 minutes between schools.  Of course, if you have to go further, it might still be a problem, but [...]

Just wanted to quickly link you up to a couple of writer-mamas I admire (P.S. There are many others whom I admire, even though you’re not mentioned here!). AmberDawn McCall is pretty new to blogging, but she’s got an excellent entry up about Elimination Communication, which means teaching your baby to use the potty even [...]

After reading my previous post, @tylerinCMYK asked about my definition of a need, as opposed to a want. We all know about the most basic needs of human beings: food, water, clothing, shelter.  Technically, anything beyond these could be considered a want.  But our ideas about what is a basic need have changed over time, [...]