http://edgymama.com Will trade kids for beer. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:56:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We're back from family vacation number two.  And ready to be at home for a while. Last week's column was a round-up of fun and mostly free ways to entertain your kids in Asheville. I also wrote this fun profile of local graphic novelist Hope Larson. Her new comic, Chiggers, hit stores ... http://edgymama.com/2008/07/weekly-parent-around-asheville.html Seems that all of my minimal creative summer energy leaches into my weekly column. So enjoy! I'll blog again some day. Happy solstice, June, and Independence Day!Share This http://edgymama.com/2008/06/weekly-parent-sun-sand-and-sickness.html I haven't even had time to post a link to my column this week! Here it is, wishing everyone's favorite plastic toy a happy 50th.Share This http://edgymama.com/2008/06/weekly-parent-happy-birthday-lego-bricks.html We're back from the beach--sun, sand, beer and too much red meat punctuated by sick children, family tension, and sunburn. Overall, a great trip! Not to complain about adding on to my house, but...I'm going to complain about adding on to my house. We came back to no bathroom (supposed to ... http://edgymama.com/2008/06/back-to-reality.html This week's column is in memory of Edie Burke, a remarkable child. And in honor of my amazing community of neighbors and friends.Share This http://edgymama.com/2008/06/weekly-parent-life-of-a-child.html I'm beaching it, so there won't be many updates here for the next week or so. But you should be out in the sun playing as well, instead of reading dull bloggies. Ah, summer... Share This http://edgymama.com/2008/06/sand-and-sun.html Last full day of school today for my kidlings. So summer's here. Hurrah! I think. Here's my Mt. X column talking bout it all. What are your summer plans with kids?Share This http://edgymama.com/2008/06/weekly-parent-summers-here-so-are-the-whinys.html I've sucked at blogging lately. I have tons of excuses: it's the last week of school; I've been writing a cover story for Mt. X that sucking all my brain power; home construction decisions are taking over my life and lots of my precious time, etc., etc. Not that you ... http://edgymama.com/2008/05/craziness-and-construction.html This week I try to handle some sensitive reproductive questions from the kidlings in my column. How have you handled these types of questions?Share This http://edgymama.com/2008/05/weekly-parent-the-birds-and-the-cicadas.html It's good to know that judges in Texas are reading my Edgy Mama column in Mountain Xpress. OK, maybe they're not reading my column specifically, but can I say that my mind works like that of a sharp-honed-edge Texas court of appeals? Wait, do I really want to make that comparision? ... http://edgymama.com/2008/05/flds-kids-need-to-be-with-their-families.html