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Cult Related & Resources
- Not A Diamond Personal Journal of “Diamond,” one of the women I was in a cult with. She is just starting to talk about what we went through.
- Tent Moot Crash History of Bit of Earth and following the activities of Andrew Blake. We used to be enemies, but now we know better.
My Other Activities
- Isaac's Journey My blog about my first pregnancy and birth, and the son I lost.
- My Etsy Store Sometimes I make crap. Sometimes I want to get rid of it.
Other Sites I Deem Worthwhile
- 10 Centimeters Where nature and science converge; Blogging for a Better Birth
- A Brave Life Balance. Beauty. Balls.
- Cinemassacre Productions The Angry Video Game Nerd, who makes 8-bit reviews funny to even a non-gamer like me. Also, he makes movies, and that’s awesome.
- Cracked Smart, funny and cites their sources. Oh yeah.
- Free Range Kids Sanity in parenting. Keeping me from being a SMother
- Friendly Atheist News and commentary from the Godless World
- Geek in the City My cousin always wears a kilt, has a foot of beard and pretends to be a pirate on a regular basis. And yet *I’m* the crazy one. This is his job. It is awesome.
- Glamour Daze I found this and fell in love instantly.
- Glow in the Woods Amazing pregnancy/baby loss resource. Beautiful and very thorough.
- How To Be A Grown-Up Growing old takes time. Growing up takes work.
- Knocked Up, Knocked Down Though she’s not updating anymore, this is a great, irreverent, honest blog about pregnancy loss and stillbirth. She even wrote a book.
- Paging Dr. NerdLove “Helping nerds get the girl.” Love this.
- Plinkett's Reviews on RedLetterMedia I have learned more about film from his deconstructions than I did living in Hollywood. Also, pizza rolls, for some reason.
- Regretsy Oh, how I love to mock the crafts of others.
- SkepChick Logical, rational women. We do, in fact, exist.
- The Meming of Life Blog by the author of Parenting Beyond Belief
- The Nostalgia Chick Not surprisngly, the Nostalgia Chick goes more in depth than the Critic (who swears more, which is a point in his favor). Man, I’m glad someone else remembers Jem and the Holograms.
- The Nostalgia Critic Great mashup reviews of stuff from childhood. Because the 80′s were SOOOOOOOOO long ago…
- The Skeptical OB I believe in Science. Not Ambience.
Personal Blogs
- Angie the Anti-Theist
- Blag Hag
- Confessions of a Housewife A dear friend’s struggle with infertility.
- Letters to Layla
- Life Being Blonde
- Little Greenlings
- Mothering Many Feet
- The Daily Orrin The cutest little boy ever (that I didn’t personally give birth to)
- What Pale Blue Dot?
Author Archives: KumquatWriter
Sme Things Need To Be Shared
A private note from Jeanine (Turimel), reproduced with her permission. I’m not the best deliverer of compliments (much better at snark), but dammit, Abbey, I don’t think I’ve ever been so proud of another human being (well, besides my kids) … Continue reading
Site Update
The “About Me” section is now online. I am working on the FAQ page update – thank you to the commenter who sent me a copy from the wayback machine!
Ten Years Later
Yesterday was the ten-year anniversary of Project Elanor. It feels like it was so long ago, yet it can’t possibly have been an entire decade. I haven’t written about that project until now because it’s easily the most painful to … Continue reading
Posted in Bit of Earth, The Crazy Train
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Attention Whore
“They’re just doing it for the attention!” It’s a fast way to shut someone down. It is very difficult to be a person with an exceptionally high need for attention. I’m thirty-six right now, and I’m only barely beginning to … Continue reading
Posted in Living With ADHD, The Crazy Train
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Paper Cages
It’s really hard to know where to start when I’m blogging about Andy. I know that, currently, most of the traffic coming here is in reaction to my ex-partner putting down roots in a new fandom. But it must be … Continue reading
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The More Things Change, The More They StayThe Same
Well, this is unexpected. I’ve been working on my blog redesign/relaunch for a month and a half. Not coincidentally, since I gained access to daycare. But today when I logged in, I noticed my stats had exploded. So, hello, new … Continue reading
StillBirthday
As a mother who lost a child, I want to take a moment to recommend a resource. Stillbirthday is a comprehensive, supportive network, where you can be put in touch with a “mentor” who has lost a child herself (among … Continue reading
Posted in Life, The Universe and Everything
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A Life More Ordinary
I’ve previously written about my feelings about both antidepressants/anti-anxiety meds and a little about living with ADHD, but not in some time. This is because for the last several months I have been trying (with my psychiatrist, of course) a … Continue reading
Posted in Living With ADHD
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BlogSuck
I’ve been pretty disappointed in my lack of blog posts lately. I tend to think I’m failing when I can’t meet my own (admittedly redonkulously high) standards. I want to blog once or twice a week, but my time is … Continue reading
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Guest Post: The Myth of Fetal Pain
This is the first guest post I’ve hosted! Please welcome Cait McKnelly. A number of state legislatures are passing legislation outlawing abortion after the twentieth week on the basis of “fetal pain”. This is just one of many, unscientifically founded … Continue reading
