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February 2009
February 27, 2009
February 26, 2009
Carrie, The Art of
I'm not sure why, but I just love the abstract art of toddlers. Carrie made this piece recently. Feel free to caption if you'd like.
Congrats to All the Winners
Here's a loud shout out to all the winners of the TLL Lezzy Awards for 2009. Hooray, hooray!
Best Lesbian Entertainment/Culture Blog: Dorothy Surrenders
Best Lesbian Humor Blog: Grace the Spot
Best Lesbian Parenting/Wedding Blog: Lesbian Dad
Best Lesbian Feminism/Political Blog: Pam’s House Blend
Best Lesbian Personal Blog: This Girl Called Automatic Win
Best Lesbian 50 and Over Blog: just eat your cupcake
Best Lesbian Gender Bender Blog: Sugarbutch Chronicles
Best Lesbian Sex/Short Story/Erotica Blog: Sugarbutch Chronicles
Lesbian Overall Blog of the Year: Dorothy Surrenders
Congratulation, bloggers! And thanks to our friends at TLL for organizing the awards and bringing the community together around these great blogs!
February 25, 2009
You Are Here: Puppytown USA
The first drawing is a map of Puppytown, although there are other creatures included as well: a bat, a hawk, even the tail of a fox. There's a park along the bottom of the page, a beach on the top right corner, and a grocery on the right side center. The second drawing is of dogs playing together, having fun, although the clouds suggest it may rain soon.
Pearl makes a least a dozen of these every day. She talks and sings to herself as she works. She has little to no interest in the pictures once she finishes them.
February 24, 2009
February 22, 2009
February 20, 2009
Question of the Day: Family Blogs and Privacy Issues
Pearl will turn 5 next month and will start kindergarten in the fall. I'm starting to wonder about the possible impact that this blog, a public record, could have on her life (and eventually, Carrie's) as she and her friends become readers. What do you think?
[photo by sandcastle matt via flickr]
February 19, 2009
February 18, 2009
Quotable Carrie
"Mommy, be quiet. Baba, be quiet. You're not the talker. I'M the TALKER."
--Carrie, age 3
I guess she has taken the "use your words" advice to heart and converted this feeling into pronouncements such as this.
February 16, 2009
The Many Ways to Catch a Fish
The whole gang had the day off. After lunch outdoors at Cedar Creek,
Pearl decided to catch tadpoles in a plastic cup. Patience led to
success. She caught two and Carrie, one. Marcia agreed they could come
home with us, thinking we'd release them--as frogs--into the garden.
Matter of days, right? It was too late when we realized that they are not tadpoles but small fish, bringing
the pet count in Grrrlville from two to five. My head is spinning.
Thanks, Bloggers and Readers
Just wanted to thank everyone for participating in the What About Love blog carnival in celebration of Freedom the Marry Week 2009. It's been great to read the many different responses to the Some/things. My favorite part about the carnival was the sharing of stories. Stories are the fabric of our community, and whether we've actually met in person or not, we unite virtually when we share them, both as writers and as readers.
Over the past week during the carnival I've been traveling and have probably missed some of your posts. Please leave comments where I have omitted your link or need to correct it.
February 14, 2009
My Buddy Carrie
She rocks.
What About Love: Let's Celebrate Love
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. That's not exactly what I think, but absence certainly can help put into focus the fondness that you feel. I've been in Chicago this week for the AWP Conference, so I'm absent not only for Valentine's Day but for my valentine's birthday.
Happy Birthday, Marcia. Happy Valentines Day. Thank you for twelve wonderful years, the best years of my life so far. Thank you for your love which is unconditional (I hope) and constant. Let me be your "forever dog."
I love you so much, Robin
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Note: This post is last of five entries, part of a blog carnival celebrating Freedom to Marry Week 2009. If you'd like to check out all the bloggers who participated, see this complete list.
Susan Naomi Bernstein on Facebook
The Birmingham-Luther Family Blog
February 13, 2009
What About Love: Some/thing Blue
Blue is my favorite color, and it always has been. In my writing I use the word "blue" often. It seems to represent all that is. In this photo, for instance, of earth taken from outer space, the demarcations between land and sea, earth and sky, are impossible to distinguish.
Today's post is dedicated to all of you in the process of trying to start a family. I rarely share my own poems but here is a rare exception. I wrote this about before Marcia and I started to TTC (trying to conceive) process.
Blue That’s Almost Blue
To
a Child, Unborn
A calm moon lends a hush within the room
the night outside fills its envelope with dread
a claw of hope scratches its name across clay
I don't know what to feel because I’m rising into
deep blue music a ceremony of inner weather
I marvel over an imagined, sleeping infant
who dreams of islands I've never visited
never will He and I are two
bodies trembling and separate now and always I
hold my breath, a hostage of the sky.
by Robin Reagler
published in Runes
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Note: This post is part of a blog carnival celebrating Freedom to Marry Week 2009. Feel free to write your own post on your blog or facebook page. Then leave the link to your "something new" post, and I will share it with the group. Check out the other posts on this topic:
About.com: Lesbian Life by Kathy Belge
Susan Naomi Bernstein on Facebook and YouTube
The Birmingham-Luther Family Blog
The Longest Road - Yet Untraveled
February 12, 2009
What About Love: Some/thing Borrowed
When it comes to outfitting the kids, I love hand-me-downs. I love that they're free and easy, of course. That's a given. But mostly I love them because they're full of stories.
The red shirt that Carrie is wearing in this picture first belonged to her cousin Max. He's 15 now. Red was and still is his favorite color. Then it was his sister Sarah's, then Pearl's, and now it's Carrie's. I look at it and remember my niece and nephew. I remember how they grow up so fast--Max is already 5'10"! Perhaps this is overly sentimental on my part, but I really see the shirt as a connection from one kid to the next. Sibling to cousin to friend, and on down the line.
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Note: This post is part of a blog carnival celebrating Freedom to Marry Week 2009. Feel free to write your own post on your blog or facebook page. Then leave the link to your "something new" post, and I will share it with the group. Check out the other posts on this topic:
About.com Lesbian Life by Kathy Belge
Susan Naomi Bernstein on Facebook
The Longest Road - Yet Untraveled
February 11, 2009
What About Love: Some/thing New
We have a new pup named Cody. He was a sweet little Jekyll of a boy until exactly 3 weeks after his arrival. On day 22 he transformed himself into 100% pure Hyde-bound hell-on-paws animal chaos. Grrrlville was pretty chaotic before we adopted this fellow. What were we thinking?
Cody has a lot of Marley in him. He aspires to bipedalism. He loves fun and food, and his definition of both of this items is extremely broad. He's scared of Moriah and water. Pearl and Carrie adore him. When visitors arrive as our door, Carrie warns, in the loudest voice she can muster: HE'S NOT TRAINED. She's right about that.
Cody loves the chill winter days. He runs awkwardly, in an unpredictable lope, gulping down gallons of wind and chasing the brittle leaves. He is my boy.
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Note: This post is part of a blog carnival celebrating Freedom to Marry Week 2009. Feel free to write your own post on your blog or facebook page. Then leave the link to your "something new" post, and I will share it with the group. Check out the other posts on this topic:
About.com Lesbian Life by Kathy Belge
Susan Naomi Bernstein on Facebook
The Birmingham-Luther Family Blog
The Longest Road - Yet Untraveled
SoCal Mom by Donna Schwartz Mills
February 10, 2009
What About Love: Some/thing Old
Our cat Moriah is 20 years old. That's 96 for you or me. Or am I presuming too much? Perhaps there are a few cats who read this blog? You never know. My teacher, the poet Adam Zagajewski, knew my cat when she was a newborn kitten. He and Moriah were neighbors. He begged me, Robin, teach this cat to read before it's too late!
I dare say it is now officially too late. At 20 Moriah is not taught; she teaches. And she is one stern taskmaster. Cody the pup is terrified of her. The rest of us play it cool, but we inevitably do exactly what she says.
I never really wanted a cat. As a kid I was frightened of cats myself. But something happens when the cat in question is yours. In other words, one might fear or dislike CATS but still like one cat in particular. Does that make sense?
Moriah was a gift, one given, not one received. My partner wanted a cat for her birthday. Twenty years later the partner is long gone but the cat remains. For whatever reason, I do love her.
Once when Moriah was a kitten I wrote this description of her:
The marks on her face look like a mask. Who is she? Sometimes she leaves for days. Her eyes send out beams of light into the night. She is a hunter. And then she returns to me, small ball at my chest, kneading, needing.
Although it's been many years since Moriah has done any of these things, the magic is still in her. If you know her, you know what I mean.
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Note: This post is part of a blog carnival celebrating Freedom to Marry Week 2009. Leave the link to your "something old" post and I will share it with the group. Check out some of the other posts on this topic:
About.com Lesbian Life w/ Kathy Belge
Melissa Beattie-Moss on Facebook
Susan Bernstein on Facebook
The Birmingham-Luther Family Blog
I probably think this blog is about me
Life induces thoughts, mostly random
The Longest Road - Yet Untraveled
SoCal Mom by Donna Schwartz Mills
February 09, 2009
What About Love: The Bloggers
You can join the blog carnival at any time until Feb. 14. This list will be updated throughout the week. To be added, leave a comment with your url. For the blog carnival guidelines, click here.
Melissa Beattie-Moss on Facebook
Susan Naomi Bernstein on Facebook
The Birmiingham-Luther Family Blog
I probably think this blog is about me
Justin's Girl on MySpace
Knot so Different: The Aisle Less Taken
Life induces thoughts, mostly random
The Longest Road - Yet Untraveled
Happy Freedom to Marry Week 2009
It's Freedom to Marry week, and equality is what it's all about. The nonprofit group Freedom to Marry has organized activities throughout the week that encourage dialogue between all people.
“Conversations with the circles of people around us are the prerequisite to winning, the key to helping them push past their discomfort, complacency, or indifference to becoming supportive of our equality.”
--Evan Wolfson, Freedom to Marry Executive Director
In order to facilitate these conversations, Freedom to Marry is sponsoring a number of programs,
including 7 Conversations in 7 Days. If you are a blogger, you can kick off the week by joining the blogswarm. Visit Mombian for more information on that.
As you may know, I am organizing a blog carnival this week, as part of the celebration, and YOU are invited. This afternoon I'll post a list of everyone who is planning to participate, so if you haven't done so already, please let me know. Here's the schedule:
Tuesday, Feb. 10... Something Old
Wednesday, Feb. 11... Something New
Thursday, Feb. 12... Something Borrowed
Friday, Feb. 13... Something Blue
Saturday, Feb. 14... Valentine's Day: Celebrate Love
For more complete guidelines, click here.
February 05, 2009
What About Love: Let's Celebrate
Next week is Freedom to Marry Week. Who wants to celebrate LOVE?
I hope you will join me in this blog carnival, which we began last year. The way it works is simple. Each day next week, post to your blog or facebook page something on these topics, according to the "olde" wedding tradition:
Tuesday, Feb. 10... Something Old
Wednesday, Feb. 11... Something New
Thursday, Feb. 12... Something Borrowed
Friday, Feb. 13... Something Blue
Saturday, Feb. 14... Valentine's Day: Celebrate Love
You can post a photo, a memory, a poem, some music, or a combination. Try to surprise us. And once you're done with your post, if you leave a link in the comment section, everyone will be able to check out what you've done.
Feel free to link to The Other Mother, using the "Something" badge. If you're not a blogger, you can participate by leaving a comment. I will be posting links to all contributions here. Just leave the URL as a comment. You can participate all week or whenever you have the time. I'll start by compiling a list of participants, so let me know if you're "in".
If you want to make your story easy to find, use the keyword something2009 .
February 04, 2009
Question of the Day: When Wrong is Better than Right
Pearl is newly fond of wearing pup squad (lip gloss). Tell us a favorite mispronunciation of your kiddo.
February 02, 2009
February 01, 2009
An Afternoon at the Skate Park
We celebrated our friend's birthday at the skate park Saturday afternoon. It was our first visit there, and Pearl is very interested in skating now. Do you know of a good book or video about girls/kids and skateboarding?
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