There’s absolutely no reason Mother’s (s’) Day gifts for lesbian moms have to be “lesbian” themed. Flowers, breakfast in bed, an assortment of bath salts, a dual-speed cordless drill—all are perfectly appropriate no matter what mom’s orientation, as long as they are something she’d like. Still, for those of you wanting something a little more […]
April is National Poetry Month, for no reason I can discern except that this glorious weather seems a perfect inspiration for writing poems. The Academy of American Poets site has everything you’d ever want to know about the celebration, but I’m going to share a couple of additional resources because we’re almost all parents and/or
It’s International Women’s Day, a holiday first celebrated in 1909 in honor of a 1908 strike by women garment workers in protest at their working conditions. Now, it’s a holiday endorsed by the U.N., which has set the 2010 theme as “Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all.” While the holiday gets little attention in
Happy birthday to Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, who was born on this date in 1904. As those of you with children in elementary school likely know, today is also Read Across America Day, an an annual reading motivation and awareness program run by the National Education Association (NEA). I feel obliged to point
I’ve been posting this quote from Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., every year at this time, but I think it bears repeating. Mrs. King was speaking at Lambda Legal’s 25th Anniversary Luncheon in 1998: As Martin once said, ‘We are all tied together in a single garment of destiny… an inescapable
A joyous 2009 to you and your families! May the year be full of love, happiness, peace, and equality for all. Special wishes to same-sex couples in New Hampshire who are now able to marry. (It is, however, rather cold here in New England at the moment. I suggest a Polarfleece theme for your reception.)
A very happy Kwanzaa to those of you celebrating it today. Kwanzaa is not part of our family’s tradition, but I love how it shows that we can honor our heritage in new ways, with traditions rooted in the past but developed in the present. (Kwanzaa was founded in 1966, which to me counts as
Merry Christmas to those of you observing the holiday. The joys of the season to you and your families. Posting will be light here for a few days as I spend time playing with my son’s new toys. (He’ll have a lot; we can take turns.)
No, I’m not suggesting you feed your children grass and lichens. One of the room parents at my son’s school made up the following recipe for each of the kids at their holiday party. Given my last name (Rudolph), it’s surprising I’d never heard of this before; I’m guessing it’s not that unusual. Still, it’s
A very happy first night of Hanukkah to those of you observing it! If your family comes from multiple traditions, like mine, then I wish you joy as you light up the first of eight trees in your yard or the first of the red noses on eight reindeer statues, wear red fuzzy yarmulkes with
