Saturday Surfing
A collection of links and images from around the web that interest and inspire me. Ideally published weekly.
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the week: Breastfeeding and Pumping for 6 month old Baby from the UC Davis Human Lactation Center Food Ark, National Geographic — a fabulous article about heirloom seeds and the role they will play in feeding the world. Here’s a quote: “Most of us in the well-fed world give little thought to where…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the Week: Baby Makes Four, and Complications, NY Times — Intriguing profile of a family made up of a single mother, her son, her best friend/the sperm donor and his partner. It’s part of a series the times is running as a periodic look into how “nontraditional” families are becoming a norm. BPA…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the week: And Then She Saved — a blog by a woman who is on a “spending fast” for the year to try to eliminate her debt. In Praise of Roughhousing, Motherlode — A little rough-and-tumble play can aid in children’s emotional development and in bonding with parents. Let My Parents Marry, Motherlode…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the Week: AMERICA banner free printable, At Second Street – Love this! It’s definitely my kind of decorating cheap, easy, and super cute. It gives me an idea for what I can do on my front door… Efforts to Ban Circumcision Gain Traction in California, NY Times Horrifying 12-day Cool Whip Experiment, Jonathan…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the week: Cellphone Use May Be A Cancer Risk After All, All Things Considered — not the best news for those of us with ONLY cellphones… Don’t Have a Cow!, It’s Not About Nutrition — Why kids don’t need as much milk as we might think Learning to Sense Space: Why Kids May…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the week: 37 or so ingredients, Dwight Eschliman – a photography project of all of the ingredients in a twinkie. The photographer says, “It’s the product of a kid that was raised to be suspicious of foods that weren’t assmbled in mom’s kitchen, and bordering on obsessive compulsive. The Twinkie is made up…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the week: The Baby Project: Share Your Story, NPR – NPR is looking for expectant mothers to be part of a special project where they document that final month leading to delivery. If your due date is mid-July and you’d like to be considered for the project, please fill out the form on…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the Week: An Author Returns To ‘The Little House’ All Things Considered – I loved these books, too, as a girl; I think they might be what started my interest in voluntary simplicity and (unsuccessful) attempt in college to spent a summer with an Amish family. Hitting the Bottle, NY Times – OpEd…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the Week Child-Care Money Has Biggest Effect on Fertility WSJ — Government money spent on child care to help families manage work-life balance helps raise fertility rates more than money given directly to families to subsidize births, according to a report released today by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). So…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the Week: Literary Mama – All I can say is, how did I not know about this before this week!?!? Amazing, amazing online literary journal for “the maternally inclined.” I wish I had more time because all I want to do is read every post ever posted in their archives. Go check it…
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Saturday Surfing
My house is a disaster and I have tons of work to do, but I have a bunch of things I want to share this week, so better late than never, right? Cesarean Rates by State, 2009 on The Unnecessarian DIY Paint Chip Easter Garland on Modern Parents, Messy Kids – A super easy, cheap,…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the week: An Open Letter to the Girl Scouts of the USA, Z Recommends – a letter from a mom, past girl scout, and current leader about why her daughter (and troup) will not be selling cookies next year. Here’s a quote, To me, Girl Scouts of the USA’s stance sends a frightening…
