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Archive for November, 2009
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Pumpkins and the Best Thanksgiving Letter Ever
Gardening is not really my thing. I want it to be – I like to cook and love the idea of growing my own food, and visions of working the soil in the sun and bringing in the harvest under a fall sky appeal to me. And I’ve tried. Really, I have. Window planters of [...] -
H1N1 Flu Update – Week Ending Nov. 6
Discover Magazine’s Flu Wars Discover’s December 2009 issue showed up in my mailbox the other day, on November 4th. Makes total sense. The screwy timing of magazine publishing aside (and that’s not news to anyone who’s ever held a subscription to any publication, I’m sure), check out the illuminating, if scary, article about pandemic flu [...] -
The Vaccine Question, H1N1 and Otherwise
I haven’t posted much on the childhood vaccination issue, ever, because of the controversy surrounding it. But oh what the hell. Life’s too short not to take sides, especially as an asthma parent and especially when it comes to the swine flu vaccine in the middle of a pandemic. I’ll let the following links represent [...] -
Tuesdays are Your Turn – Grades & Sick Days
Before we get to today’s reader response, I’m posting an answer to another reader’s question for everyone’s benefit. Last week, Robert asked, Is there a distinction made between active asthmatics and those with a dormant condition when it comes to being considered “high risk” for H1N1 infection? I’m a twenty-five-year-old who has suffered no symptoms [...] -
Post-Halloween Candy and the Sugarplum Fairy
(Photo by stock.xchng user nazreth.) I’d estimate I fall in the *moderate* range when it comes to parenting and food obsession. I try to buy local and from farms and companies that follow organic growing methods even if they don’t carry the actual certification. Related, I like to know where my food comes from. Also, [...]
