a piece of my mind - She Laughs at the Days

The Problem with Katniss

I finally read Hunger Games this weekend. I can see why everyone is fascinated. It’s a really compelling story. The world creation, […]

Dear Santorum and Co. et. al, I know. It was supposed to be about religious freedom, about the right to conscientious objection […]

A friend’s daughter spent the last several weeks in the hospital because she told her mom she was thinking about how to […]

photo by aparejador– Used under CC licence Sometimes when I’m hurtling down the freeway at 70 miles an hour, all 4 children […]

“Everyone feels disappointed sometimes,” I tell her. “Everyone feels sad because something didn’t go the way they hoped it would from time […]

I decided to video log this because if I could have my way and we were talking about things like this you […]

Apparently, in several circles there is a great debate raging over whether or not women should wear skirts or pants. Seriously. This […]

We went to a Passover style Seder, a Catholic Easter Vigil Saturday night, and our own church’s raucous mix of rock’n’roll and […]

There’s something I’ve been mulling over all day with regard to International Women’s Day, and a comment from an online discussion I […]

While I was at a friend’s house a few weeks ago Jellybean woke and needed to nurse. So I started moving things […]