It was Israel’s birthday the other night. As we prepared for dinner, out of no where Trinity suggested, “Since it’s a special day, can we have a prayer?”
If I could type the thoughts I had at that time, they would be full of loss-for-words stuttering. We discontinued the prayer ritual when Trinity was [...]
My children would rate “mediocre” on the hyper-active scale. They are not always calm and sedated, like the quiet children I admired in Kinko’s once. Those children sat underneath unused copy machines for 45 minutes poring over books. They were turtles, content under the cover of their shells. Meanwhile, my children [...]
Linda Rogers is a pleasant-looking woman. Linda Rogers is sixty-five, single, and divorced. Linda Rogers is coming to a conference center near you in order to convince women in your town to return to Victorian-style spousal submission.
According to an article in the Spiritual Life section of my local paper, The East [...]
ED and Ron! Wow, was that a load of ideas you gave us! Ed Darrell made a huge list of his heroes. Ron left some links that he said has some great tips. I’m excited to go check them out. It’s time I get organized. I’m going to print [...]
As I promised yesterday, here are my responses to some of the recent comments I haven’t been able to keep up with.
I received my first correction! After reading, America In Decline, Skysinger clarified for me that we do not have a cure for polio, just a vaccination. Well, that makes sense, doesn’t it? [...]
Over the last few days there have been so many comments, some of which I want to respond to. I haven’t had time to keep up with them (although I have read them all) . So I want everyone to know I have not been ignoring you.
While I originally meant to [...]
Tonight, after dinner with Tami and Larry, we all walked over to Barnes&Noble. Naturally, Israel and Larry went one way; Tami and I went another. Later we found each other again and Israel had the following to report:
“Hey, Noell! We saw your biography over there.”
“Huh?”
“You know . . . ‘Queen of the [...]
After reading the books I cited for Civil Rights Day to the kids, my 8-year-old son, Blake asked, “How come all the heroes are black?”
Silence filled the space that my loss for words left. I stared at Blake for a minute. What other heroes have I introduced to him? Rosa Parks died [...]
Raise a glass to AgnosticMom. I have been asked to write a monthly column for the Humanist News Network, a weekly e-zine!
HNN is part of the Institute for Humanist Studies. The Executive Director found my blog and saw a need for a column on humanist parenting. He contacted me last [...]
I was raised by talk radio. As a child, coming home at night from various events, there was a certain time in the evening when my parents changed the radio station from music to talk. It was always right when my eyes were growing heavy. I got very used to the lullabye [...]
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