After three years of living in here Healdsburg, I finally got off my ass this morning and procured myself a Sonoma County Library card.
I know, I know—it’s pathetic that I’ve lived here so long without one. But considering that I don’t have much time to read for pleasure, I haven’t needed one at all. Now, [...]

Dear sloth:
I’m sure you enjoy your lazy afternoons in the Healdsburg plaza, canoodling on that blanket with your (beefy) man. Your public fondling sessions appear to be so wonderful—so intense—that it’s no wonder you are incapable of paying attention to your adorable three-year-old as she wanders around the park.
With this in mind, allow me [...]

It was an eventful weekend for little L here in the northern part of Sonoma County. She saw her first vulture (it scared the heck out of her). She said, “duck” while looking at a painting of a duck. And she went on her first official hike in the woods.
OK the woods weren’t the 100-mile [...]

Whenever we drag L with us to wineries around our Sonoma County home, the people behind the tasting room bars inevitably ask us if we’d like to give her a cork to suck on while we sample their wine.
Without exception, we decline.
Tonight, however, in the privacy and safety of our own home, we decided to [...]

The Mommy Files, a mom-oriented blog affiliated with the San Francisco Chronicle, ran a post this week about the local chapter of Diaper Free Baby, a nationwide effort to raise kids sans Huggies.
Apparently, there is a growing number of parents who potty train their babies from birth and see it as a way to save [...]