Author: Calamity Jane
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Punk Housewife Tip: Ditch Garbage Bags
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A few months ago I solved a small problem in my own head. It was gratifying. Now everyone who comes over can say, “Why the F do you have two bags in there, what am I supposed to do with that?” I had always wanted to use old shopping bags for garbage because, despite my…
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The Carbon Free Home
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Before I move on from January’s Quiet Riot focus of electricity, water and garbage, I want to review a great energy book– The Carbon Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Reduce the Fossil Fuel Habit by Stephen and Rebekah Hren. I had looked past this book several times, something seemed too fad-ish about the cover and…
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Cloth Diapering, vol. 1: Getting Acquainted with Sh*t
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There’s no point mincing my words. If you are going to use cloth diapers (or actually have a baby at all) you are going to have to flush any remaining primness and decency down the toilet right now. There will be shit. It will be disgusting. You will have to deal with it. I am…
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Potty Training: When, Where and How
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I set out today to write that cloth diapering post I promised. But before I knew what was happening I was writing about potty training. Wow, is that ever a subject. It all started because someone mentioned Infant Potty Training, also known as Elimination Communication, in a comment and I thought it deserved a plug in the…
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All Us Critters Got a Place in the Choir
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Listen up, y’all. That big ole’ flagrant housewifey propoganda has been a bit of a thorn in my side. I labored over writing it, feeling a continually growing discomfort that it was exclusionary. I tried to re-work it several times, attempting to include everyone, but it just didn’t work. Dilution made it weak when I…
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