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By Milehimama on Aug 7, 2010 in Mama Says Randomness | 0 Comments
By Milehimama on Aug 7, 2010 in Mama Says Randomness | 0 Comments
By Milehimama on Jul 8, 2010 in 7 Quick Takes, Mama Says Randomness | 7 Comments
By Milehimama on Jun 14, 2010 in Mama Says Randomness | 0 Comments
I came across this top ten list of best, appropriate technology to help the poor in third world countries. What’s appropriate technology? The goal of Appropriate Technology (AT) is to increase the standard of living for the developing world without condescension, complication, or environmental damage. Typical AT inventions are more labor intensive, require fewer resources, [...]
By Milehimama on May 17, 2010 in Mama Says Randomness, featured | 1 Comment
By Milehimama on May 11, 2010 in Mama Says Randomness, featured | 6 Comments
By Milehimama on Apr 17, 2010 in Mama Says Randomness | 7 Comments
I went to my first homeschool conference this weekend and had a great time! There was a curriculum hall with waaayyy too many book tables (natch) and some really good talks, including a nun who presented the Montessori method for teaching reading (the first time I’d seen them presented in person), a priest talking about [...]
By Milehimama on Apr 15, 2010 in Baby A, Mama Says Randomness | 6 Comments
1. It is always a sad day when the baby reaches the combined milestones of being able to stand without holding on (leaving BOTH hands free!) and being tall enough to see into the trash can. The tragedy is multiplied when we’ve had rice for dinner and floor’s already been swept. 2. About birth stories. [...]
By Milehimama on Apr 9, 2010 in Baby A, Mama Says Randomness | 16 Comments
On a lighter note, some links from around the Web. 1. Something’s rotten in Denmark. Striking because you want to drink MORE beer on the job? 2. European airline RyanAir is going to charge to use the bathroom on flights. Supposedly it’s not about making money, but about changing passenger’s behavior so they can remove [...]
By Milehimama on Mar 12, 2010 in Make It Yourself, Mama Says Randomness, Real Food | 5 Comments
By Milehimama on Mar 4, 2010 in Baby A, Mama Says Randomness, Prolife | 1 Comment
1. All week the children kept telling me about their onions that had yellow flowers. We do have some stragglers of green onions still in the garden, and they keep bringing me fistfuls of yellow weeds, so I thought that’s what they were talking about. Nope. My daffodils (planted last year and forgotten) are blooming! [...]