The MotherVerse Blog: mothering out loud

Spurred on by the suggestion of someone doing a blog on women poets by fellow blogger Judith, I’ve decided to take it on. This is something I have been considering doing here on MVBlog for awhile. At this point, I’m not sure on the posting frequency-nothing set-but I’d like it to become a regular feature […]

Most all women have had some sort of craving while pregnant, whether it be pickles, odd combinations of food (ice cream and pickles come to mind) or even….dirt. It’s a real thing. It’s called pica.
For some reason, I’ve been thinking about my own cravings lately while I was pregnant with The Girl. Perhaps it has […]

Take a look at this: Belly art at CNN

My interview with author (and previous contributor to MotherVerse Blog) Annie Downey, is in the new issue of hipMama. Here, we talk about her new book (!) and the subject of Identity.
Go out and buy a copy or stop by the hipMama Shop.

Yesterday.
A bit before  5 a.m. : Bird right outside my window trills repeatedly with no rest between each high decibel, ear-splitting trill. Not even a breath. Wakes the girl and I. Decide bird is on crack.
After about 15 minutes, we are both up, the girl more decidedly so. Since there is no off switch, go […]

Every mother should get a massage regularly. Free would be preferable. In fact, it should be mandatory: Free Massage For Mothers. Wouldn’t that be awesome?
So, I got a massage Monday, but it sure wasn’t free. But, it was reasonably priced. I didn’t go to the woman I usually see this time around-she wasn’t available as […]

Okay. So I read a a lot. Anyone who reads my posts here on MotherVerse and on my own blog knows this.Da Capo has a new book out on pregnancy, called The Best Birth: Your Guide to the Safest, Healthiest, Most Satisfying Labor and Delivery by Sarah McMoyler and Armin Brott. It employs the McMoyler […]

This article from Mothering Magazine is excellent. Go over there and read it. Now.
It’s something many Americans would never consider. I mean, seashells on your breasts? Why the hell would you do that?
Patella vulgata shells have been worn by Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish mothers for thousands of years.
The shells are an ancient remedy for […]

The Madness of Mary Todd Lincoln
Jason Emerson
Southern Illinois University Press, 2007
It was featured as a review in The Women’s Review of Books this month and caught my interest immediately. I haven’t read much on Mary Todd Lincoln, especially after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. *I just wanted to add, too, her own son declared her […]

So, it’s been awhile since I have written anything here. Reasons? Been busy, you know, these past couple months-with writing and just life.
Also, keeping myself busy here, at the M.V. Workshops and here. And a thousand other places. Spreading myself too thin? I’d like to think not. Experiencing new things. Yeah, that sounds more like […]