(Passion): Planning the big picture

I just did my six month check-in for my Passion Plan, a process I currently use to focus on the bigger picture. I use a paper planner, called https://passionplanner.com/, to help integrate higher level aspirations into my mundane day-to-day tasks. This branded planner helpfully outlines the method and there are free resources to print on Read More …

Part 3, tandem edition: Breastfeeding a Toddler and a Newborn

This is the third post in my breastfeeding series. Part 1, One Year of Breastfeeding: A Celebration Part 2, Breastfeeding: The Twelve Month Event Horizon I’ve been delighted to continue to breastfeed my toddler past one year, and recently we passed our two year mark. Breastfeeding a toddler came with some new challenges, including navigating Read More …

Ancillary Justice, Anne Leckie

Over the next five months, I’m reading and reviewing ten pioneering works of science fiction written by women. This is my seventh pick. Stay tuned for more. Ancillary Justice is a space opera set during the tail end of the Radchaai empire’s heyday. The empire is a human civilization driven by ruthlessly colonizing new worlds, Read More …

Moving the Mountain, Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Moving the Mountain, Charlotte Perkins Gilman Over the next five months, I’m reading and reviewing ten pioneering works of science fiction written by women. This is my sixth pick. Stay tuned for more. Moving the Mountain (1911) is a novel whose plot is thinly veiled over the author’s political vision for the future. After thirty years Read More …

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever, James Tiptree Jr.

Over the next five months, I’m reading and reviewing ten pioneering works of science fiction written by women. This is my fifth pick. Stay tuned for more. Alice B. Sheldon was an explorer, painter, Army Major, psychology Ph.D., socialite, and CIA agent. She is most known as the science fiction author who came to prominence Read More …