In one of those moments of pure brilliance, I took a walk today at a local battlefield, enjoying the sun, the wind and the trees. Usually, when things are overwhelming, I head out to be with nature. I have a “spot” on the Potomac that I have sat for hours, thinking, screaming, crying, laughing… accepting. Not necessarily in that order. Its actually the only “spot” I’ve found in Stepford. There’s something about the water (note to self: research Potomac River)... 

I love awards, they’re so… awardy. More people should toss out random blog awards, especially those that incite the desire to spew forth random facts and cause the blogger to type, “random,” a lot. I’m a stylish blogger, which is funny since I have no style. My blog design, for example, is about as old as the last time I went shopping for things other than what fits in my freezer or comes with a thousand plastic pieces that invariably get sucked up by a vacuum after... 

Image courtesy of laughinglaura.com V gets into the Swing of Things… wheeeee! A few laughs from N8V Running. Hell yeah. Another UnCool Girl lesson from Melia, the Queen of Dorks. Ironic, eh? Soaking up the Solstice Sun, LadyHawk talks Litha. Spectacular Me is a big whiny-faced veggie hater. The Ocean on HippyMom. Hippymom.com has a fantastic blog network available to its established members.  Our bloggers write on a wide range of topics—from fashion and activism to spirituality and family... 

MamaBirdie is back with a lesson on communities! Why Melia’s dentist should buy her a drink. HippyMom’s Max asks what we should do about the global sunscreen issues. Then, Max talks about food. Because she’s mean. N8V Running runs like the wind! Ever planted a Moonlight Garden? LadyHawk has. HippyMom also wanted to mention that there is a kick-butt cooking series going on this summer. Skunked! Spectacular Me gets Skunked!  

Its the time of the year when I scramble around to make sure everyone’s eyes, teeth and other weird body parts are where they should be. Dental appointments with four children are not on my top 10 list of things I want to spend my time doing, so this year, I opted to split the pain between two appointments – girls vs. boys. Who will win the great cavity war? (I know! I know!) After staying out very late last night with Freedom, random bar chick, random bar guy, karaoke and a pool table,...