Marlene Dotterer's Blog, page 10
January 6, 2016
Rant: The Pregnant Village
You’ve heard the phrase “It takes a village to raise a child.” I take that a little further in this post. To start, here’s an interesting article about a recent discovery about the microbiome of the womb.
Word of warning: The article linkedaboveis a shortpiece that makes no claims about anything. I’mjust goingoff on a tangent in this post. It’s how my mind works.
Scientists are finding out that microbiomes exist in the developingfetus, which they previously thought wassterile until birth. To...
An Issue that Should Concern Everyone
Here’s a very brief, but very important video about the epidemic of C-sections in this country. This is something we CAN stop, we just need the courage to stand up and demand that it stop.
January 3, 2016
Blogging 101, aka, Back to School
Every New Year, WordPress sends out a report about how your blog did during the previous year. It’s always a lot of fun, with statistics like if everyone who read your blog got on a cable car, it would take 60 cable cars to hold them all. Really, it’s a hoot.
It’s always nice to know that I’m not just talking to myself over here. I know I tend to wander around like I’m lost in Topic Land, but I really am interested in a lot of things and I like the idea of throwing out an idea or a current is...
December 27, 2015
Zuppa
It’s cold outside. One of my daughters is in Italy on her honeymoon. Those are both great reasons for homemade Minestrone soup, right?
The Washington Post: Would You Call 911 on Another Parent?
Be part of the solution, not the problem. Here is one small, but vitally important way.Building strong, close communitieswill help our country become safe and prosperous again.
December 25, 2015
Christmas Week in Pictures
Lots of activity around here lately. No sign of slowing yet either.
December 24, 2015
Have an Opinion on Food Labels?
The FDA is currently accepting comments on the definition and use of the word “natural” for food labels. For kicks, here is what I wrote:
“As it now stands, the term “natural” on any package of food means absolutely nothing. Unfortunately, many people don’t understand this and may feel good about buying the food because of the label. Therefore, I think it is essential that this label either be forbidden or strictly defined.
I suggest that “natural” only be applied to actual food such as fruit...
December 18, 2015
We’ve Got to Stop Kindling Flames
I want to call out Time Magazine for the headline on this article: http://time.com/4154613/professor-faces-firing-over-belief-sandy-hook-was-a-hoax/
This professor was NOT fired because he believed Sandy Hook was a hoax. He was fired because he went on a campaign of harassment against the parents of one of the victims.
The media really must stop doing this kind of thing. I know they want to sell articles, but headlines like this are incendiary and irresponsible. People will read the headline...
“A Pagan Response to the ‘War on Christmas'” by Debra Macleod
What “Christmas” means to me…
You’ve heard of the so-called “war on Christmas,” right? It’s where some Christians lament the choice of some people and organizations to say “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.” They’re mad as hell that society seems determined to “take Christ out of Christmas.”
As a pagan, I don’t think there’s a war on Christmas; however, there was, in the past, a definite “war on paganism,” when beautiful ancient traditions were criminalized, usu...
December 6, 2015
Toward a Humanist Vocabulary of Reverence by David Bumbaugh
I like this… go have a read if you’re in a philosophical mood or you’re curious about humanism.
