Archive for December, 2003
Mom & Apple Pie
In: Blog
27 Dec 2003I made two apple pies from scratch last night. I have a lot to learn, apparently. The juice from the apples, mixed with brown sugar, lemon and cinnamon, was still runny when the lattice crust was done, so I thought maybe I shouldn’t have poured it over the apple slices in the first place. I [...]
The Day After
In: Journal
26 Dec 2003It’s a lovely, chilly morning after Christmas. Robby’s still sleeping. Mesha’s playing quietly with her dollhouse and her mother is yelling at her to be quiet [!] because she can’t help murmuring as she plays. [I don't understand why some adults can't stand that. Robby's kindergarten teacher used to call me and ask me to [...]
Go Dolphins!
In: Blog
22 Dec 2003Dave writes: “Do you know, dolphins spend something like 90% of their time just PLAYING? Not building or cleaning or for God’s sake FILING anything, just swimming around, riding waves and doing flips in the air. And no one calls them lazy, or unproductive. Now you tell me which is the more intelligent species.” I’ve [...]
Evidence of chemical effects on children mounts
In: Toxic Times
22 Dec 2003By JOAN LOWY Scripps Howard News Service 16-DEC-03 At Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Dr. Martha Herbert is seeing younger and younger children who have been prescribed powerful drugs because their behavior is “so extreme.” One 4-year-old was treated with Risperdol, an antipsychotic drug usually prescribed to adult schizophrenics, because she tried to kill a [...]
I’m not like this, really
In: Blog
21 Dec 2003Luscher color test My results are disturbing, to say the least.
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