When despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drakerests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.I come into the peace of wild thingswho do […]

Despite the population of my fair city (nearly 72,000), I’m evidently not living anywhere near the clever legions of bloggers meeting up hither and thither and making real friendships around the globe.  They are apparently all running around having fun lunches, meeting for kidless, husbandless drinks, and making new friends at kid birthday parties.
Clearly, I […]

My blogger friend Emma is a fabulous, sassy writer, with plenty of unconventional ideas about motherhood (which is one of the reasons I love her).  Her post today is about women who do not follow the usual rules about mothering…
Women, it is often assumed, are naturally filled with the gentle, non-swearing, huggy ingredients necessary to […]

During the holidays, many mothers silently suffer from an illness called "Failure to Flourish."  This condition has the ability to transform a lighthearted sexy girlfriend into a mean old bag of a wife and mommy. 
"I don’t understand what has happened.  My wife used to be darling and adoring.  She used to wear makeup and […]

Fathers, those underappreciated of the parental persuasion, often have a sneaky way of being darling.  Witness this recent email from my Dad:
Thanks for calling today.. I really enjoyed hearing from you. You always have something interesting to say. You’re fun.
Love,
Dad

***In other news, CrankMama will soon be wearing a pretty new dress, with a matching web […]