Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

The Black Hole of Cyberspace

I’m thinking really deep thoughts today. For instance, where do all the lost emails go? Are they hanging out with all my baby’s missing socks? Is there a cyber purgatory where herds of emails are cleansed of any potential SPAM-ish language before ending up in my inbox (probably not, considering how full my SPAM folderRead the whole post >>

Turtles v. Babies

Like most five-year-olds, my oldest daughter never stops asking questions. She’s very interested in the ocean, and her old obsession with barracudas was recently replaced with a curiosity about sea turtle babies. “Tell me more about sea turtles,” she asks. So I turned to Google, and this is what I learned with just a fewRead the whole post >>

Good Eats

We have a food snob on our hands. Nine-month-old Mary Elizabeth turns her nose up at anything pureed. Mashed bananas do nothing for her. Forget the plain avocados. This girl wants the good stuff. She loved my guacamole, which is a bit on the spicy side, and she had no problem feasting on my lasagna.Read the whole post >>

Empty Yourself

*I wrote this post a few days ago, but I’m just getting around to posting it. I know you understand. :) “Excuse me, ma’am?” a teenager invades my deep thoughts as I stand stewing over what brand of canned black beans will provide the best nutritional bang for the buck. Organic or not? I glanceRead the whole post >>

Let Sleeping Moms Lie

The Christmas season has been great but busy. I’m craving order and a restored rhthym to our days. And more hours spent in REM would be nice, too, because I’m feeling a lot like this right about now (not like the blurry-in-motion toddler but like the passed out babe):   I had to chuckle whenRead the whole post >>