• Last updated 1/15/13 by Cynthia Mosher

It’s time for another serving of assorted appreciation, enduring love and a few hot trends. 100% love, in no particular order: E3 Live Blue Green Algae: this is like jumper cables for your brain. I buy it frozen from my local health food store, I de-thaw half the bottle at a time and use about 3 tablespoons of it in my smoothie. I can feel my brain grin–from ear to ear…ar ar ar — ear to ear, brain, get it…anyway…When I’m on the road or don’t do a smoothie, I pop three or four of the capsules. Green dream. Tom Ford Fragrance: I haven’t ventured out of... read more

• Last updated 1/15/13 by Cynthia Mosher

Here’s a list of fantastic stuff that left an impression on my frontal lobe and softened heart. Otherwise known as: The best of anything and everything. Do your own list: “The Best List Ever, by [insert your name]: Vol. 1. It’ll make you simmer with sweet memories and proof of excellence. Here we go. This is gonna feel goood. MY BEST LIST EVER. 100% adored. In no particular... read more

• Last updated 1/17/13 by Cynthia Mosher

The 21st Century Motherhood Movement: Mothers Speak Out on Why We Need to Change the World and How to Do It from Demeter Press, edited by Andrea O’Reilly This anthology, the first on the 21st century motherhood movement, includes seven sections; Becoming a Mother; Maternal Identities; Maternal Advocacy; Maternal Activism; Violence, Militarism, War and Peace; Social Change and Social Justice; Writing/Researching/Performing Motherhood—and features more than eighty motherhood organizations from around the globe including a selection from Mothering editor and... read more

• Last updated 3/31/13 by mamazee

When I was a little girl, the idea of going to see Sesame Street Live was a holy grail that never quite came together. Tonight, we brought the kids to see the 2009 version of Sesame Street Live. Luckily, the muppets do travel outside of urban areas with things like metal trash cans and stoops (I guess that’s why they call it a tour). They came to the Santa Ana Star Center, which is in Rio Rancho, a suburb northwest of Albuquerque. In true idiosyncratic New Mexico “if you build it, they will come” fashion, it is out there, a giant indoor stadium in the... read more

• Last updated 4/1/13 by mamazee

book. I’ve had a girl, I’ve had a boy, and now it looks like I birthed a book. Even more population-popping than the octuplets mom, this book includes 28 babies–I mean essays, by 28 different writers. Steeping in the awesome vibes at Mothering has informed the book so much. I’ve been lucky enough to include the essays of three Mothering writers, Ame Solomon, Sally Blakemore and Kathleen Wiebe, in the selection. The book is called Ask Me About My Divorce: Women Open Up About Moving On (Seal Press). As I like to say, “When life gave me divorce, I made a... read more

• Last updated 3/31/13 by mamazee

The first time Liko heard Frances England's first CD, Fascinating Creatures, he stopped dead in his tracks. As the hypnotic first song, "Sometimes," ended, Liko asked, "Who is this?" "It's Liam's mommy, Frances. Remember her?" "Yeah." "What do you think of her songs?" "They're good," he said, and plopped down on the floor. He sat through the entire CD, listening intently. Weeks later, I put on the CD on and as "Sometimes" started to play, he cried out, "That's my favorite song!" Weeks after that, I brought Frances's new CD, Family Tree, along on a... read more

• Last updated 3/31/13 by mamazee

What a great collection of essays. Amy Corbett Storch’s The Starbucks at the End of the Universe was so my life in a nutshell when the kids were younger. How do you go from having LOTS of time to get somewhere to “Oh, crap, I’m so about to be late and where are my keys?” The inopportune pooping part reminded me of the time that Peter and I, shiny new parents of infant Honorée, took her to Artisanal restaurant in NYC in the late afternoon (thinking that would make it less crowded and fraught) and it was! It was less crowded and fraught. But, Honorée... read more

• Last updated 3/31/13 by mamazee

In the Spring issue of Greater Good magazine, I have an essay on new research into video games. My focus is on the mental and physical health impacts of playing the games, but one of the other things I discovered is that video games continue to be something boys play: today around 80 percent of boys play a game on a typical day compared to 20 percent of girls. (It’s worth noting that the number of girls playing the games has skyrocketed in recent years, but a big disparity persists.) And many of those boys are playing games rated M (”Mature”) for violence or sexual... read more