When is the last time you read Curious George? I’m talking about the original here, not any of the recent mass-produced gems “illustrated in the style of H. A. Rey.” Because it is genius.
It wasn’t until I picked up a barely-used copy at Pandemonium last year that I really started to remember it from my own childhood. And the narrative twists that I swallowed unblinkingly as a child now strike me as both wonderful and incredible. Continue reading 'Curious George Never Gets Stale'»
DAILY SNACK
On this day three years ago:
Sleep was harder last night, contractions waking me up every half hour or so.
Laboured in and out of the shower as hot water came and went.
Sent to hospital early because of elevated fetal heartbeat.
Hearbeat stable now — labour in roomy hospital shower.
Dilation is very slow, so I cave and ask for an epidural.
It numbs only my left half, but I suffer through for a long while before getting it re-done.
Suddenly, finally, no more pain.
I fall asleep.
It used to be that doctors prescribed the medicine and we gratefully took it. No questions asked. Modern medicine had been able to treat and prevent so many diseases, to save so many lives, and doctors were given unquestioning authority by the majority of people.
Welcome to the information age. Magazines, newspapers, t.v. and now the internet report on all the latest medical news and the general population now knows about every new study, each inconsistency and all the dissenting opinions. We know about how the medical establishment let us down by over-prescribing antibiotics and ushering in the age of super bugs. (Though it was us begging our doctors for something to treat this sore throat.) We know about the many flip-flops of opinions about diet and nutrition. (But we still lock onto the latest tidbit of information as though it were gospel. Trans fats bad for you? Ban them! Blueberries good? Eat them by the bushel.) We know that formula was good but now it’s bad and that babies should be put to sleep on their tummies, er, sides … what’s that? Backs. Yes, for sure backs. Continue reading 'Why Some Parents Choose To Not Vaccinate'»
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