Kate’s Blog – Page 65

Why I Love My Grandma

Yesterday my nana turned 90. I called her up to wish her a happy birthday and asked how it felt to be 90. She chuckled and said, “The same way it felt to be 89 – old!” Then we started talking about my book. (I promise there’s a real point to this, and I’m notRead the whole post >>

Writing Elsewhere

You can read my latest column at Fathers for Good: The Home-Cooked Advantage – 5 Steps to a Happy Meal at Home. The article features Fr. Leo of Grace Before Meals (you know, the priest-chef who dueled it out with Bobby Flay on the Food Network and won!). I’m also honored to have a guestRead the whole post >>

Yarn Along: Progress Not Perfection

Well, it’s a start. So I went ahead and picked up my knitting needles again. They’d been gathering dust, along with colorful skeins of yarn, in a basket in the corner of my closet for months and months. I used to knit fairly often but never very well. When I was pregnant with my firstRead the whole post >>

Breastfeeding & Calling a Truce in the Mommy Wars

Today I want to talk about why it’s time we all call a truce in the mommy wars by focusing first on breastfeeding. This isn’t a “how-to-have-a-happy-nursing-relationship-post” or an “I’m-a-lactivist-and-here’s-why-treatise.” On the contrary, I want to make all moms feel comfortable around here – even those who for whatever reason were unable to or choseRead the whole post >>

Book Update

We interrupt this blog for some shameless self-promotion. So some folks who pre-ordered my book, Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body, have been telling me it’s scheduled to ship this week. How exciting! And terribly nerve-wracking. (Nail biting begins now.) Do I dare even read the Amazon reviews? (A sidenote: the Kindle version is notRead the whole post >>