BeTwinned

[Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered]

  • Ode to the carousel at the mall

    I wrote a little poem today about how, before I had kids, I used to turn up my nose at the thought of ever letting my future children ride the merry-go-round at the mall. I love carousels and favor vintage ones, like the carousel in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, and the mall one just…

  • Toolbox Twins by Lola M. Schaefer, illustrated by Melissa Iwai

    Photo from Amazon.com Review by Sandra Horning This week at the library a book with the title Toolbox Twins caught my eye. A new twin book? Yes and no. It is a book about twins, but not the same birth date kind of twins. Instead, Toolbox Twins refers to a small boy, Vincent, and his…

  • Snow White and the Seven Whores, or, The Birth of My Bloggy Self

    When I started BeTwinned, I wanted it to be an online magazine with feature articles. Once I got it up and running and my post-journalism school life turned out a lot different than I had imagined (and I had absolutely no time to feed this creation with feature articles), I realized that it would be…

  • Mother’s Day, 2007

    Here’s a thought-provoking article from Truthdig, a site that recently won a Webby for both the juried award and the People’s Choice award for “Best Political Blog.” The article contains an interesting update about the so-called “mommy wars” and how mothers still face discrimination in the workplace. Also, I’d like to link readers to my…

  • TwinWatch News: Tractor-trekking twins trying to raise money; twins born two months apart near their first birthdays

    Twin brothers Pat and Mike Iott are planning a cross-country tractor trek to raise money for the American Heart Association. They have already raised $12,000. The tractors are refurbished vintage tractors that I think were owned by their grandfathers. The article wasn’t 100 percent clear about that. I haven’t seen another article like this one,…

  • TwinWatch News: Triplet mom-to-be counts the possibilities

    “On the math of multiples:” A triplet mom-to-be and journalist writes about her experiences so far in Canada’s National Post.