Welcome
-
Recent posts
Teeny Tiny Mantras
Today is Patti Smith.
Patti Smith - Horses (full studio version) (by Twentysixbillion)
Kind of stuck on this song.
Elvis Costello, “When It Sings” (by Iain Halliday)

may my heart always be open to little birds
who are the secrets of living… (by ee cummings)(photo by catene)
Pin Me
I make playlists as a form of meditation
Archives
Tags Cloud
acts of kindness anti-war beach party artichokes bees breastfeeding burning questions change costume death election election 2008 failure feminism food furniture Halloween health care reform honey insanity James Turrell Jupiter kindergarten torture letters to my son Little Brother's locks of love lunch mean girls meditation Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum Newbery Newtown nothing much pictures predictions protesting random review space spelling Wapakoneta we like to look at the world woe is me wordless working at home writingRecent comments
- Grace on A note to my boy, who is seven today
- Wendy Somes on I hate art scavenger hunts
- Christina on Today is yes
- sizzle on Today is yes
- Kirsten on About Tiny Mantras
scimom Archive
-
Constructing immortality
Posted on July 8, 2011 | 2 CommentsI have become an aficionado of science documentaries; a connoisseur of Cosmos, a knower of Nova and a devotee of the Discovery Channel. Because space remains the iron core of... -
A note to my boy, who is six today
Posted on May 19, 2011 | 2 CommentsDear Declan, You are six today. Six! That’s halfway to twelve. That’s one-third of the way to 18. You’ve grown so much this year. Taller. Wiser. Kinder. More confident, and... -
The re-education of a science mom
Posted on April 11, 2011 | 6 CommentsThe other day, my son was asked to draw a picture of something he is grateful for. He made semi-scribbly, red twisty lines. Above them, he wrote “DNA.” I asked...



