Nonviolent Revolution for Family Friendly US
MY RECENT POSTS
- NYC, 1974-1976, Nonsexist
Childrearing in Action
November 23, 2011 11:36AM - Happy 33rd Birthday, Katherine
November 08, 2011 11:44PM - "When I Whisper, Everyone
Listens"
October 09, 2011 07:56AM - Duck and Cover, McCarthy,
Assassinations, Vietnam, Jail
October 02, 2011 11:32AM - Do We Have to Wait 33 Years
for the First Woman President?
September 13, 2011 03:32PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “How could I have missed
it after trying so hard last
year to
set up a renion
eith…”
November 12, 2011 01:41PM - “I confess I perceive too
many of these kids as
entitled
losers than as the
real…”
October 14, 2011 11:25AM - “I admit I have been
around too many brilliant
young people to
be able to
stand, n…”
October 14, 2011 11:21AM - “The encampment in NYC is
entirely young who treat
elders
contemptuously. My
you…”
October 14, 2011 11:13AM - “I am sorry. I was so
upset and exhausted from last
night that
I made typos. I
see…”
October 14, 2011 11:03AM
NYC, 1974-1976, Nonsexist Childrearing in Action
Emma belonged to a Chelsea Manhattan playgroup for two years, from 1974 to 1976. She was 17 months when it began, 3 and ready for nursery school when it disbanded. Playgroup met 5 mornings a week in the basement of the Y on West 23rd Street. Parents had the option of/… Read full post »
Happy 33rd Birthday, Katherine
What grandmother on earth could resist sharing these photos of Katherine's daughter who will be 3 in mid-December.
Thirty-three years ago, when I was the age she turned today, I pushed out a 10 lb. 4 0z. genius at home. Sinc… Read full post »
"When I Whisper, Everyone Listens"
Duck and Cover, McCarthy, Assassinations, Vietnam, Jail
Do We Have to Wait 33 Years for the First Woman President?
My granddaughter Abigail, the daughter of my oldest daughter, turned 2 today.
Two Towers
My daughter Katherine, then 22, wrote this on October 6, 2001
They were, as we always say at times like this, so very young--finished in 1976, only two years older than me. I only learned that afterwards, though; I always assumed they were several decades older. Maybe this is because I… Read full post »
How to Cheat on the Mental Mini-Status Exam
Doubts about Feminism, 1971
Drugging Kids Instead of Changing America
My Brilliant Daddy
I never outgrew calling my father daddy. He met me at 7 months old when he returned from the army in Europe. Tragically, he died in 1987 of Alzheimer's Disease. This profile is from his college yearbook.
Tossing Pebbles and Making Ripples
This is a repost of something I wrote in March of this
year. I am including the wonderful comments in the body of the
text. 
"We drop like pebbles into the ponds of each other's souls, and the orbit of our ripples continues to expand, intersecting with countless others. "
… Read full post »Phil Ochs Is My Favorite Protest Singer
Protest singers were a vital part of every anti-Vietnam demonstration.
Is Your Babysitter a Guy?
Would you trust your children to any of these disreputable men? My youngest uncle, 9 years older, is smoking a pipe. Jesus's rates were low (my third brother). Emma loved her 15-year-old uncle's flute playing and would run from anywhere in my pare… Read full post »
Happy Halloween From New York City
My daughter Emma took this picture from her living room. The two pumpkins are on their sixth-floor terrace. They can see the Empire State Building out of every apartment window.
Sexism Hurts Men as Much as Women (Repost)
Double Standard: I let my grandson play with Barbie, but not his mother:)
Let's distinguish among misogyny, misandry, and sexism. Misogyny is hatred and disdain for women in general. Misandry, hatred and disdain for men in general, is probably the most underused word in political deb
What Is Your Birth Order?
Silver Princess: My Hair Wars
Wedding Day, June 1968 ( Hair Permanented)
Wedding Day, December 2001 (Hair Dyed)
Searching for Medicare's Horcruxes
Stumbling through the dark, tortuous maze of Medicare, Medigap, and the Ripoff Prescription Plan paralelled Harry Potter's search for Lord Voldemort's horcruxes. I needed every one of my librarian, social worker, and internet skills to come up with the best alternatives. Elders who… Read full post »
Is Paradise a Kind of Public Library? Librarian Tells All
"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” Jorge Luis Borges
This is my favorite quotation, but Borges should have added the word "public." I intensely dislike college libraries. How often do you use your library card? My Baldwin Library lets… Read full post »
Baldwin NY, An Oasis in Segregated Long Island
For 27 years I have lived in Baldwin, NY, on the south shore of Nassau County, Long Island. Baldwin is 4 miles from my childhood home in Uniondale, where my mom lived from 1947 to 2000, when she moved in with me.
If money were no object,
… Read full post »Love At First Sight--Joseph Koch, My Dad
Joe and Mary Koch, August 11, 1943. She was 22; he was almost 30
Years later, on their anniversary, my dad remembers:
Her name was Mary, of course. She was a blue-eyed, smiling, long-legged, cool -looking girl--a trifle naive. A girl with class, he thought when… Read full post »
Third Child, Fourth Child
In this and my previous post on my two older daughters, I concentrate on their very different environments (and parents). Later I will tackle the far more fascinating… Read full post »
First Child, Second Child
This is from a graduate school paper on child development I wrote in 1977, when Emmawas 4 and Rosalind was 2.
I am still realizing to what extent the mother I am is shaped by the child I am mothering. When I had only one child, I… Read full post »
1980 Interview with My Mom, Mary Nolan Koch
Mrs. Mary Koch is a social studies instructor who teaches at Uniondale High. This year will be her last at the high school as she moves on into another phase of her life, a phase she describes as one in which/…
Open Call--Unlike OS, CBS Gets Breastfeeding Right
Join me in a campaign to defeat the Amy Formula C-Section monster. I am horrified to what irresponsible lengths the editors will go to attract hits and ads. We should be picketing them.
I was a childbirth educator and breastfeeding counselor for ov
… Read full post »
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