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love the local

AdrianaWA — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:29:05 -0500

Hello!

That's funny -- my son wanted to be held all the time, too! And he refused to sleep alone. Now he's a very independent, though still cuddly, four-year-old. It gets easier.

I love eating locally and post recipes on my blog, What I Made for Dinner (ack link function isn't working on my laptop, so http://whatimadefordinner.blogspot.com). I just went to a strawberry luncheon featuring grilled lamb with a strawberry sauce! Kind of a complex dish for a family with a newborn, though.

If I were you, I'd start out simple: snack on the local strawberries, which you can probably wash one-handed ;) Have one of those free-range eggs poached for breakfast with whole-grain bread from your local bakery.

If you have a little more time to cook, or if you can get someone else to cook for you, asparagus buckwheat crepes are pretty good.

Sautee mushrooms and chopped asparagus with garlic in olive oil, thyme, salt, and a leetle red wine. Set aside.

Combine 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup buttermilk, 2 eggs, 1/4 cup buckwheat flour, 1/3 whole wheat flour, 1/4 t salt, 1 1/2 T melted butter. Let batter sit at least 1/2 hour.

Ladle batter into hot, buttered pan, making sure it spreads to all sides. Cook, then flip. Add some of the asparagus mixture to the center, top with grated local cheese, fold over crepe, and enjoy!

Crepes take a little practice, so make sure everyone is in a good mood, first.

I just read a great book by a Canadian Author..

Crunchy Carpets — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:16:09 -0500

Called Whitechapel Gods by SM Peters..he apparently resides in Brentwood Bay on Vancouver Island...awesome spooky fun bool

NO Can LIT angst..no misery on the plains.....

Just a fun horror/Sci fi...

Look for me at http://crunchycarpets.com or check out the ladies at www.wetcoastwomen.com

After visiting your website,

Pamela Sansour — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:34:08 -0500

After visiting your website, i now feel like an idiot for imagining that you WOULDN'T take pictures! :) Bobbin is beautiful, and you are so blessed to have documented her life on film. She might be pissed off later, as mine will be when said photos are used against them....~MoM

But of course

heathc — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:36:40 -0500

Not to fear - it will be a moment to be captured forever in posterity, and displayed prominently at significant family gatherings.

And of course, posted here on the Internet for all to see :-)

Canada

Daisy — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:33:01 -0500

I just returned home from a trip to Nova Scotia. My husband was working on research related to his family geneology, and he was overwhelmingly successful, even to meeting up with some distant relatives he'd never known. Lockeport, NS, thanks for the welcome!

Daisy

public nursing

MiriamAnton — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:05:49 -0500

I wonder if they have these discussions so much in other parts of the world (forgive me for lumping Canada in with the US here) but this issue seems so goofy to me. It's perfectly legal to lie topless on the beaches (and streets!) of New York, yet people get squeamish over the barely exposed nipple of a nursing mother??

I loved nursing so much that it's practically incentive for me to have another child. I nursed whenever and wherever I wanted. How people confuse this with exhibitionism or obscenity is beyond me. A hold over from our Puritan past perhaps? Moms who nurse in public are usually quite discreet. They typically cover up as much as possible without smothering the poor baby and tend not to overtly flash their nipples at the world. I don't remember any nasty looks or comments from my public nursing. But if rude on-lookers take issue I would just tell them not to look. Or how about "Sorry - I only have enough for one!"

In most states as far as I know, the law is on your side. My advice to those more timid with public nursing - find a quieter place when possible but do what makes you feel comfortable.

When baby is hungry and breast is full, nothing else matters.

TCMom — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:58:34 -0500

It never ever even DAWNED on me when breastfeeding my children that I could be offending someone. Consider that very self-involved of me but I guess it just didn't make sense. My baby was hungry and needed to be fed. We were all babies, we all got fed (breast or bottle, whatever) so doesn't logic follow that it wouldn't be a big deal if another being - one like YOU used to be - is being fed? Luckily, I was never hassled. Maybe b/c I had that look on my face like "What? Is my zipper down?" never thinking the issue was my boob being out. Or more often it was probably the look of "I am running on 2 hours total sleep, I am hugely engorged, this baby is starving and stressed and not quite latched on - DON'T CROSS ME." And they didn't, for their own safety. I really could care less about offending anyone, I was trying to nourish a life, you know?

A great point about actually having to state permission seems like it was something that wasn't ever there in the first place. Go Toronto with the best intentions but I can't believe we need a sign. I sure as hell didn't.

Caroline

http://morningsidemom.wordpress.com/

Breasts have many roles

Suzanne Reisman — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:36:25 -0500

I'm not disagreeing with you at all that breasts are meant to feed babies, but sometimes I think we should honor all the great things breasts do. They are there for sexual pleasure, when a woman decides that she wants them touched. They also are aesthetically pleasing. And, of course, when a woman has a baby, they are there for feeding. I just like to honor the whole thing, especially because calling out one of their functions as more valuable than the rest sort of indicates that those of us who aren't breastfeeding (for whatever reason, including that we don't have babies) don't have boobs that count. And I think boobs are too useful for that. :)

But definitely, feed away when the baby is hungry! That is one of the great things that boobs are there for.

Suzanne Reisman, Contributing Editor - Feminism & Gender
Campaign for Unshaved Snatch (CUSS) & Other Rants

They started out FUNCTIONAL!

AnissaMayhew — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:33:44 -0500

I nervously nursed my first child, casually nursed my second and by my third I was like a drunken girls gone wild video. But I do remember being terribly self conscious, feeling like everyone was looking at the lady with her boob hanging out in the food court of the mall. But, in all seriousness, when my baby cried, when he was hungry, everyone else could just BITE ME!

When did we forget, in the grand scheme of media, that breasts are not merely ornamental objects, they are not funbags of joy, as my husband calls them. They are meant to nurse our young, to provide the God given milk that is best for them and their bodies.

If I am nice enough to use a blanket to keep my nipples from poking your eye out, be kind enough to not bother me with your judgement that I am doing something "dirty" in public.

Anissa Mayhew

www.hope4peyton.org

How did it happen?

Vered — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:05:41 -0500

"Citizens have a right to not be exposed to breastfeeding in public."

It makes me sad that so many people consider breastfeeding as gross or obscene. Not sure how exactly our society got to this place, but it needs to be pulled out of it.

So I agree: a public education campaign is much needed at this point.

It’s been several years since I finished nursing my children, but the memories of nursing in public, of making a HUGE effort to cover myself, and still getting the occasional dirty look, are with me and are highly unpleasant memories.

Vered DeLeeuw

http://momgrind.com/

That is fantastic! Please

Pamela Sansour — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:09:41 -0500

That is fantastic! Please take pictures for me if it pans out!! :) I think our kids would get along. ~MoM

I Support Right Livelyhood

Gena Haskett — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:31:33 -0500

If it is true that they did not pay this woman for umpteen years and then badgered her to try to diminish her rights then shame on them.

Seriously made no effort to secure music rights? Refused to credit the composer?

This isn't justice. This is karma knocking on the door and going "Boo."

Tsk, Tsk.

Gena - Out On The Stoop

Whatever the truth of the matter

Backpacking Dad — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:03:45 -0500

I will now get to hear the song on the TSN feeds we get on NHL Center Ice down here in the States; we hardly ever picked up a CBC broadcast.

And it is beyond awesome that I can visit BlogHer and see quotes from Kukla's Korner. :}

http://backpackingdad.blogspot.com

gardening for dogs?

candeelady — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:28:02 -0500

I have loved growing vegtables all my life. the most annoying and yet funny experience I had was special ordering extra large strawberry producing plants and tending to them with love and care and then my sister in laws golden retriever ate them all one morning. I was furious and she( a non-gardner) thought it was hilarious. Later the dog had a bad case of the "hershey squirts" in her liviing room and I found that to be extremely hilarious!

Candeelady

http://www.gogogluegunfun.com

Crunchycarpets, I agree

lainad — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:06:08 -0500

Sure, we do not have to pay out of pocket to see a doctor but it is sure hard to find one that is available when you are sick!

In regards to our Immigration system, I am always a bit hesitant in saying that it is completely faulty. I do think that things need to be tightened up, such as booting the Khadr's family out, especially because it is blatantly clear why they live here (GTA area) which is just for the healthcare. What Immigration officials are realizing is that even though they have provided access for people from various parts of the world with various backgrounds, people are seriously taking advantage of the system. But be fair and sometimes, they need to examine indivudal cases.

And yes, our taxes are off the hook!