Author: Calamity Jane
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Groupies, Revisited
A few weeks ago I threatened to start a flickr group. Well, I’ve done it. It’s all over now. We’ll never get off the computer. Goodbye kiddos, hello even filthier house. No, really, I’m sure we’ll all be able to balance it nicely. We’ll be good. Really we will. I don’t expect this to be…
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The Whole Fam Damily
(I used to have a friend who, completely unrelated to the content of this post, often said “Well, siss on you pister, you and yer whole fam damily can go buck fufallos.” I just never got tired of it.) A few weeks ago I got a note from New Urban Habitat, that she’d chosen me…
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Food Recycling #1: Lickety Split Leftover Apple Pie
I’ve been thinking lots about food scraps lately. Specifically how to use them up. This topic is one of about 46 I have stocked up in my brain for future posts. And given all the pontificating about housewifery lately, I figured I’d better deliver some real life housewifing, and quick. So yesterday for dinner I…
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Hello You Shy, Confused Feminist Housewife, You
About a year ago, when I was scheming my next writing venture, I sketched out ideas for a name on a scrap of paper. Apron Strings had been kicking around in my brain for some time, but I do love me a good subtitle, and I was really torn on whether to use the word…
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Radical Homemaking and Feminism
One of my devoted readers sent me a link ages ago that I only just now followed. Why did I waste so much time? It’s was an article in Yes Magazine by Shannon Hayes called Radical Homemakers and it is so, so right on with everything I believe. I went immediately to her site by…
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