Yesterday I shared the 10 most popular posts at Carrots from 2014. But, as always, some of MY favorite posts weren't included. Because the funny thing about blogging is that you never know what's going to strike a chord. Sometimes the piece I spent weeks mulling over and crafting falls flat while the spur of the moment post goes viral. If I've learned anything, it's to just keep writing stuff that … [Read more...]
The Most Popular Carrots Posts of 2014
It's always really interesting to me to take a look at the previous year and see what posts really seemed to resonate with the Carrots readers. I'm usually surprised at what posts take off. Although sometimes it's the posts I spend weeks mulling over and crafting, most often it's the posts written in a sudden moment of inspiration that seem to be the most popular. Reflection on the year seems … [Read more...]
10 Newborn Exhaustion Survival Tips
When my first child was born I thought I would go mad from lack of sleep. I would sob from sheer exhaustion during the early morning hours when he would inevitably be awake--night after night after night. The second and third times have been so different. Mostly because my daughters haven't struggled with the colic and reflux that plagued our boy, but also because I think my attitude is … [Read more...]
10 Books You Must Read to Your Daughter (Or How to Keep Your Daughter From Ending Up Like That Horrid Girl in Twilight)
So now we have a baby daughter. Look how she slumbers. She doesn’t even know that I stay up at night worrying about her self-image. And, oh horrors! What if someday she wants to read Stephanie Meyer’s literary atrocity, the Twilight series? You know the one, the books featuring a non-descript female protagonist who, in addition to having no interests or talents of any kind (other than smelling … [Read more...]
