I’m the guest speaker for the Mothering Magazine sponsored live Chats on Mommychats.com

Upcoming Chats

Hathor The Cow Goddess
Wednesday, November 9th at 6PM Pacific, 7 PM Mountain, 8 PM Central, and 9 PM Eastern.

Hathor the Cowgoddess lives in the middle of urban sprawl with her dearest super-husband and three wee and wise kids. She has had an unassisted birth in the middle of her 700 square foot apartment, she breastfeeds on demand and in public, she shares sleep, maintains constant contact and unschools. Not only does she do all of this, she does it with grand style and verve. With extravagant and outrageous behavior. And with her trusty sidekick baby in a sling.

Hathor is the completely true product of the imagination of Heather Cushman-Dowdee, an outraged (because she might look distracted but she is paying attention! ) mama who has done almost all of the above (that part is autobiography)… except for the part that she totally makes up (those parts are wishful thinking). The raucous exploits of Hathor and her family are produced in comic form on the web and printed in many, many zines and magazines and books, too.

Click
here to go to the chat on Wednesday, November 9th at 9 PM EST.

You are Kermit the Frog.
You are reliable, responsible and caring. And you
have a habit of waving your arms about
maniacally.

FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS:
“Hi ho!” “Yaaay!” and
“Sheesh!”
FAVORITE MOVIE:
“How Green Was My Mother”

LAST BOOK READ:
“Surfin’ the Webfoot: A Frog’s Guide to the
Internet”

HOBBIES:
Sitting in the swamp playing banjo.

QUOTE:
“Hmm, my banjo is wet.”

What Muppet are you?
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I’ve been invited to take part in Scott Noelle’s new on-line course How to Enjoy Parenting… No Matter What! First, there was a telecourse that I called-in to, Scott had us do some games that really made me think about being a mother, and how much I bring to the table (or don’t) in terms of joy, or anger.
One of the games…
1. “I feel good when my child__________.”
2. “I feel bad when my child __________.”

then, we learned to make them interchangeable, for instance in the first one could be laugh. put laugh in the second one too. then think of all the reasons why that might be so…and then realize that laughter can make you feel good or bad depending on what you’re carrying around and how you choose to deal with it. Very cool and I KNOW I’m not explaining it nearly as well as Scott does…..