Category Archives: ADD and advocacy

How to Catch a GMO Shill

Posted on 8. October 2015 by admin

I wrote a piece about the difference between heirloom, hybrid, and genetically engineered seeds called Should Companies Patent Life two years ago. I wrote: The problem with genetic modification is that we haven’t rigorously tested the effects of ingesting GM … Continue reading →

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Powerful Women

Posted on 4. October 2014 by admin

Yesterday, at ShiftCon in Los Angeles, I met some amazing women in the healthy food movement. They are Label GMOs, right to know, pesticide and herbicide free, earth-friendly women-influencers of activism and determination. I was invited by an educator from … Continue reading →

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Special Needs

Posted on 10. April 2013 by admin

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on October 4, 2011 Special needs – developmental delay – parenting – parents of children with special needs I just read a blog that a friend of mine wrote about her special needs daughter, and it … Continue reading →

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Finally! An IEP I could be happy about!

Posted on 28. August 2009 by admin

Yesterday, Jeff and I attended an IEP meeting with the school district that went smoothly. We like the “placement” that was offered to Jillian: a small, specialized private school that contracts with the public school to provide a unique educational … Continue reading →

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Weird weather

Posted on 19. August 2009 by admin

It’s August and we’re still having 66 degree weather in the morning? Does that make sense? I’m still planting new seeds for hot weather crops, because I have a strong feeling that we’re headed for hot weather all the way … Continue reading →

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Rice demonstration at the IEP; tempers flared

Posted on 23. May 2009 by admin

We had our daughter’s IEP today; the one where the school made their offer of FAPE (Free and Appropriate Public Education). We got to a point in the IEP where I started to feel like we weren’t going to be … Continue reading →

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Jillian will do her part

Posted on 13. May 2009 by admin

The night of the IEP, Jill went in her room and pulled out four boxes of the Hooked on Phonics program and opened one up to see how to use it. She was showing me how she not only wants … Continue reading →

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Limoncello and IEP’s

Posted on 12. May 2009 by admin

I’m celebrating my exhaustion by imbibing a little homemade limoncello (thanks, Lynn!) after a long two weeks of preparing for Jillian’s IEP meeting. For the uninitiated, an IEP is an Individualized Education Plan. It’s a tool used by the schools … Continue reading →

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