(The elves I inherited from my grandmother.)
Well, the new Bitch is out, and she’s talking the talk about feminism and homeschooling. Seriously, the totally nice and unbitchy writer Maya Schenwar’s article addressing the topic of a new wave of radical, punk, unschooly feminists is out and yours truly is quoted in it. As is Sarah [...]

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(The day the neighborhood sticks had their block party.)
Yesterday’s topic was a bit heavy. So, in the interest of lightening things up, let’s talk sticks. How do you feel about sticks? Chances are, if you are a female and reading this, you haven’t given sticks much more than a second thought. Maybe you have [...]

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(First off, if you like ever liked the Crass, Frank Zappa or, as my bro mentions, Primus, then you should go see this girl pictured above rock the Metro last weekend. If you want to know what that was like, visit Kids Ride Free over at Gaper’s Block for details!)
Yes, yes, I know, people [...]

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(We call him ‘Leather Pants Poi Guy’)
The back-to-homeschool flutter is starting again. Each year it manifests itself around the back-to-school flutter, which isn’t strictly necessary. Every year I try to resist the angst, the excitement, the promise of new adventures, the fear of untold car mileage, but I am helpless to the general hubbub and [...]

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(The artist Francha knows how it works! This illustration is for an upcoming children’s book, which I hope will give me some ant invasion tips…
I am not here to brag. I am not saying they’re gone for good. That would be too cocky. I have known them to take short breaks before they reconnoiter. I [...]

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(Field trip to Bahai temple a few months ago. Finally figured out how to put camera phone pics on the computer.)
The setting: in front of the computer, in air-conditioning, dinner warm and ready, beer in hand.
Let me tell you how poker outs the child and his inner nature. For father’s day we got [...]

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(You wouldn’t believe how big this leaf is)
Shit. It has been a crazy few days. I’ve been on a whirlwind tour, reconnecting with a bunch of pals. In fact, I just sent an email off to one this morning, asking how she was doing, explaining that my daughter was at a new gymnastics place [...]

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R.I.P. Punk Planet, the print version. The blog will live on, I hope! We’ll miss ye. Remember, punk never dies, it just mutates and flies in to something else. I’ll draw a picture of it sometime to explain. Meanwhile, I’ll have to search harder to find where the talented writers are now.

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(Each of these lovely little ribbons represents how many times I had to hold up a score card and listen to the same exact ditty for every gymnast’s floor routine this past weekend at the YMCA State gymnastics meet. Yes, that pile goes 3 or 4 deep and several feet out of frame on either [...]

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“This is the most revolutionary book you will ever read. It will amaze and astound you and free you from self-imposed bonds and societies’ pre-conceived notions! I’ve been waiting years to give it to you and discuss it. It is a gift from me to you.” I handed her the Teenage Liberation Handbook in a [...]

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