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MeKate's got a new Etsy store. Gorgeous paintings!

A dear friend is selling ADORABLE handknit baby clothes. If you're in the market, have a look!

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Ok, thank you all for your words of comfort regarding my big-headed baby.  The U/S doc actually did a pretty good job of explaining how DE complicates things, and how even with a ‘normal’ 2-parent child, when dad is big and mom is little, mom’s influence tends to win out until baby’s born, at which point he’ll [...]

Happy Fourth of July

We had a fascinating discussion on race and on what ‘being an American” means at my job the other day.  Prompted by a co-worker’s sociology essay, the discussion of ‘what makes a person African-American vs. black’ spread out to a discussion of values and labels and stereotypes. This discussion was possible – or at least [...]