We have some amazing placenta lovers out there! A fellow PBi Specialist, Polly Wood, pointed me to an artist who has created amazing imagery that honors the placenta.
Nané Ariadne Jordan creates placentas from felted wool, yielding a buttery soft, hand-spun and dyed piece of art. Nané created her masterpieces as part of the Gestare Art Collective, a [...]

I’ve been thinking about sex lately. Namely, pregnancy sex. I have friends who say the sex was incredible, amazing, toe-curlingly wonderful while they were pregnant. They (and thankfully, their partner) couldn’t get enough of their newly goddess-like features. Bigger breasts - yeah, most guys are down with that.
However, I also hear from a lot of [...]

I am a big fan of giving back, and supporting women entrepreneurs. I love Kiva for this purpose, because I can give small loans to entrepreneurs around the world. You can view the other loans I’ve given through Kiva as well.
I just loaned money to Joyce, from Sefwi Wiawso. It’s a farming community in [...]

This is a beautiful video of an elephant giving birth. It is graphic (meaning it shows everything and is an accurate portrayal of a real birthing event). It gets a bit dramatic after the baby is born, as she’s not breathing right away. The mother’s love is evident from the very beginning.
I wish they [...]

When shopping for Christmas gifts and other items around the holidays, we try to use all of our options. But, what we are looking for is quality and that can’t be compromised. One idea many people haven’t tried is fair trade items. Buying these items will help another person somewhere around the world.
The [...]

I just got this email from a customer/friend on the East coast. I wanted to share with everyone. We went shopping yesterday for toys to give to Toys for Tots, since our girls’ SpiralScouts group was collecting them. If you are able, please consider donating to them this week.

Today I went to the Carolina [...]

Edith del Socorro Bermúdez has worked selling children’s clothing for the past four years. She sells the clothing from her own place on the outskirts of the Masaya market in Nicaragua. She is a married woman and has a young daughter whom she supports.
I’ve been doing microloans through Kiva for over a year now. [...]

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know I’m a huge fan of Kiva, the micro-lending site. I have been lending money to women entrepreneurs for a year now (you can check out my Kiva profile if you’re interested). I see I missed my one-year anniversary by just a week! Happy Anniversary [...]

Ernesa Beganović is from the Zenica, Bosnia area. She is 24 years old, and is not technically a Kiva Mama, since the profile doesn’t mention that she has children. She’s married and does stitching and knitting to help contribute to their family income. Check out her artwork! She needed a loan to invest in knitting [...]

My November Kiva loan is to an entrepreneur named Victoriya Tichonova in Ukraine.
She and her husband have two market vending kiosks in the city of Zaporoshye, located in south central Ukraine, where they sell a variety of dishes, glassware, table linens and other kitchen supplies. Victoriya and Alexander have two daughters ages 15 and 10.
If [...]