Our first visit to Animal Acres in Acton, California. A few weeks back I wrote a post about why vegan children don’t visit the zoo, and I offered up one of my favorite zoo alternatives: the Natural History Museum. That post sparked a lot of discussion, with so much insightful input and so many diverse [...]
Rattlesnake display at the SB Museum of Natural History. I grew up peering into this same display. Okay, confession time. I took Waits to the zoo. Once. It happened one time. Because, see, I grew up going to the zoo each and every single Friday, and I can’t help but partially attribute my love of [...]
So, well, there ya go, that’s my story of 2012. Are you still reading? I know, I know . . . wild ride. But new year, new beginnings, eh? On January 1st we took a beach walk all together, as a family. Hundreds of shark eggs washed up all over the beach.It was a really [...]
December was when everything shifted. Finally. All the turmoil and all the transition, all the heaviness of 2012, began to . . . ease. Damian and I were back in sync, share-parenting like old pros. We traded favors, and emotional support. We shared the car, and our hardships. We instituted a bi-weekly baby-free breakfast date [...]
Apparently things get worse before they get better. And so we begin the “screwball comedy” portion of my 2012. At the very start of November, Damian arrived in Santa Barbara. There was good: Reunited!And there was ugly: Oh, the joys of moving.And, there was bad. Right before Damian got into town, I got sick. Like, [...]
