Wow, August has been so busy for me. Thursday – Sunday, August 14th – 17th:
I visited Medford, Wisconsin with my Mom, Aunt, and Grandma. Why Medford? Because my Grandma’s Grandparents owned a tannery there and had a mansion built. We saw the history museum and the current owner allowed [...]

I just sent this letter of complaint to Target, who owns the toy manufacturer “Play Wonder”:
I recently walked down the toy aisle of Target in St. Paul, Mn. I was disappointed to find that the lovely blue and red “Play Wonder” kitchens had been replaced by a pink and white one. That was [...]

The Birth Survey had it’s national launch on August 15th. As I’ve written about before, I have been volunteering with The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) Grassroots Advocates Committee (GAC) to help develop The Birth Survey. I have personally worked on the project for over a year, but it was started back [...]

He’s officially weaned now. I went on a four day vacation and when I returned and put him to bed he asked for refrigerator milk. At first I didn’t think we had any, so I told him that, and only then did he cry for “boobops”. But he didn’t cry in a [...]

I left the Jehovah’s Witnesses two years ago this month. To commemorate the event, I thought I would write about my experience with leaving and post it here. It is incredibly long, but I think it is interesting **********************************************************************
My parents became Jehovah’s Witnesses in the early 1970’s. I was born in [...]