Back in February, I pondered the ongoing tensions between feeding my lifelong habit as a voracious reader and consumer of media (including, ...

Gemma Hartley (who wrote the excellent book " Fed Up:  Emotional Labour, Women and the Way Forward " -- reviewed here )  recently ...

Almost 25 years to the day since I learned my pregnancy had ended... there's a baby seat in the back of our car.  (Don't think THAT ...

Hey, it wasn't just my imagination!!   Ontario (and the Toronto area, where I live) experienced its darkest winter in more than 80 years...

Dh & I are both beat tonight.  We stayed with LGN at his grandparents' house for most of the day, while SIL accompanied BIL to a len...

Please (please!) read (and share, if you're into doing that)  this wonderful piece ("Your Own Harriet")   by Anne Helen Peters...

The first year we were married (1985 -- 35 years ago now...!), I told dh I wanted to go to the Santa Claus Parade .  "You want to go to...

Hail to Mrs. Patmore,    ruler of the Downton Abbey kitchen.   Dh & I have been (re)watching (and hugely enjoying) reruns of " Down...

(Taking my cue from Lori's " Not So Unlucky 13 " post, back in May!)  :)   October 31, 2007 :  I was 46 years old, married for...

Further to my recent post about Portland's "Wall of Moms" (and the "Auntifa," lol),  Lyz Lenz , an Iowa-based write...

The move is off.  :(  Without going into all the details, part of the funding that Older Nephew & his wife were counting on to purcha...

We've been having a lot of fun spending time with our adorable little Great-Nephew, and we got to do a lot of it this weekend. Sunday ...

If you're a regular reader of my blog, you'll know that our Older Nephew & his wife are expecting their first child -- our firs...

I made my last visit to Dr. Ob-gyn today -- almost exactly 21 years to the day since I first walked into his office in May 1998, when I was ...

There was an interesting recent conversation on social media (mostly Twitter but also Instagram), between Katy at Chasing Creation , Erik ...

I was comparing notes about Christmas (and how to survive it) with several other childless bloggers/activists recently. And that got me thin...

Another Pinterest find. :) 

Last Friday was my (BIG GULP) 57th birthday.  And like the Heinz 57 of my post title ;)  my emotions are mixed about turning another year ...

A childless-not-by-choice friend, in a similar line of work as me, recently messaged me for my opinion on a work-related matter. We talked a...