Mothering art director Laura Egley Taylor provides a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the magazine: production tribulations and miracles, the stories behind the photos and illustrations, tasty staff-recommended deadline fuel, handy stress relievers, and the ever-morphing, perfect soundtrack for laying out a magazine. Often bewildered but never bored, Laura shares her opinions and tips on photography, typography and design, and life in general, all filtered through her newly developing empty-nester viewpoint.
In Candace's blog, life "a la mama" means that everything is fair game. What makes it in? Her random top three, three things that are rocking her world; the flavor, breathless dispatches on all things food-related; mama on the spot, as her mama world turns; mama sadhana, down-to-earth spiritual lessons gleaned from daily life, and greener pastures, tips on making the family footprint a bit less bumptious. Bonus: occasional insider info on what's going on behind the scenes at Planet Mothering.
When author and journalist Jeremy Adam Smith became a father, he knew
absolutely nothing about parenthood in America. He didn't know how to change
a diaper, feed a baby, or give him a bath. He didn't know anything about
paternal leave. He didn't know anything about the cost of childcare and
preschool, or how economic forces would shape his family's caregiving
arrangements. He hadn't thought about how parenthood would affect his
household division of labor or his relationship with his wife. But Jeremy
has learned quite a lot since then, and he's written about what he's learned
in many books and articles. In his new blog "Fathering," Jeremy tackles all
these issues and more with the eye of an expert and the heart of a dad.
After serendipitously stumbling across a photograph of a mother breastfeeding in a Greyhound bus station in 1943 on the Library of Congress website Jennifer James was hooked! Now she is on a quest to find information and historic photographs showing moms breastfeeding in public before it became taboo.