Blogs the ‘General’ Category
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Little veg-baby Blueberry was born 11/21. She's six weeks old now! We had a lovely birth at home. She came out pink, healthy, and looking around. Giving birth to her at home was one of the best decisions I've ever made. The whole experience was peaceful, intimate, quiet, and drama-free. ...
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Today I am 39 weeks pregnant. Here are some things:
1) I am sick of food and eating (and cooking and shopping). But I'm still hungry. Finding a healthy snack every 2-3 hours for 9+ months is a big job. I'm ready for a sabbatical. But I don't expect one because ...
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
On Wednesday I will be 36 weeks pregnant. On Friday there will be a full moon. Many doctors and midwives consider 36 weeks to be full-term, others say 37 weeks is full-term*. Regardless, we have a nearly-full-term baby wiggling around in here. However. We are (joyously) planning a homebirth. My ...
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Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
For a while now, I have been meaning to say:
I LOVE MY BODUM!
Oh, how I love it. What is it? It is my electric kettle.
And it is a beauty. Look how pretty it is. If you know me, you'll know that I have a few *favorite* kitchen appliances. One is ...
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Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Check out this study at PubMed.
Fit kids have bigger hippocampi (hippocampuses?) than less-fit kids, and are shown to have "superior relational memory task performance." So, Fit kids = smarter kids with better memory capacity. The authors conclude that, "The findings are the first to indicate that aerobic fitness may relate ...
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Friday, October 1st, 2010
In case you haven't heard:
The Corn Refiner's Association has petitioned the FDA to allow food and beverage manufacturers to use the term "corn sugar" to replace the term "high fructose corn syrup" on product labels. They contend that the public is confused by the term and that the public has ...
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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
Concerned about his ongoing arterial blockages, Bill Clinton took charge of his own health, did some research, and learned that PLANT BASED DIETS CAN REVERSE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. So he went veg. Here's a link to his CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer.
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Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Oh, pumpkin, you inspire me. The weather is basically the same here in San Francisco - apparently it's always this way - but I still feel fall when I go to the grocery and see a pile of pumpkins and squashes in the produce aisle. I have been waiting for ...
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
I am loving this new online tool I discovered for helping determine which commercial products are safe, non-toxic, environmentally sound, and socially responsible. Good Guide has developed a rating system for products based on their ingredients (whether or not the product contains known carcinogens or irritants), environmental impact, and the ...
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
I hope everyone's Labor Day weekend was as lovely as mine! We had the most lovely weather here in San Francisco. I didn't do any cooking the whole weekend - just enjoyed some great SF restaurants. But my sister-in-law did make up a batch of oatmeal cookies from a recipe ...
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