La Vie Childfree

If you have been following me, you know that I’ve had this childfree blog site for some time now…

Hopefully you’ve also visited LiveTrue Books, my nonfiction book review and online bookstore site, and my author and communications services site.

Very Soon:

These sites will combine into one!

We’ll continue engaging discussions on childfree topics and much more, the growing LiveTrue bookstore will be there, as well as details on my editorial and communications services.

Here’s to expansion, and stay tuned for the launch!

Add this new book to the growing number of books out there about the childfree choice: No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood. It is a collection of essays edited by Henriette Mantel, a New York comedy writer.

I am reading the book right now, enjoying it, and went to a book event this week in San Francisco where four of the contributors read, and then opened it up for discussion. Some high points: Continue reading Childfree Talk by Women Writers

Anne Lamott

This piece by Anne Lamott that appeared on Salon is now three years old, but still so worth sharing. She explains why Mother’s Day “celebrates a huge lie about the value of women: Continue reading Why Anne Lamott Hates Mother’s Day

My Mom on the right; her Mom on the left who has since passed away…

With Mother’s Day around the corner, I want to bring back some thoughts I shared three years ago now.

On Mother’s Day I am of mixed minds. Don’t get me wrong; I love my mother and would celebrate her and how she raised me any day of the week.

But -  Mother’s Day as a national holiday:

Continue reading Childfree Thoughts About Mother’s Day