Restructuring in August
Alongside all of my recent ethical soul-searching I’ve been planning a bit of restructuring and formalizing of my blog mission here at hippie dippie bébé. Getting people to come see means both a lil bit of promotion and a nice-nice SEO-optimized blog-o-matic site, a task in and of itself. (Yes, I know what you’re thinking: “You mean by joining StumbleUpon, Digg, or Kirtsy and giving my favorite hippie dippie bébé posts a thumbs up I’m helping to spread the good green word?”)
Scientific Evidence for Screen-Time’s Negative Impact
New scientific theories indicate that screen-time activities such as computer games may over-stimulate certain brain centers while starving others. As scientists study the field and develop hypotheses, we as parents must make decisions as to how we’ll limit TV, computer and video games, and just how damaging we believe they could be…
Free WP Themes by Scribblescratch.com: Beautiful, hip, and whimsical
Of course I need to make sure I give a nod to Teresa at Scribblescratch.com. She is a designer and artist living in Newfoundland who I thankfully discovered while searching for free Wordpress Themes. The banner image and color selections on this new blog design are from her “Whimsy” theme. There was so much good [...]
I moved my domain from Wordpress.com — Welcome!
I have purchased my own domain, and prettied myself up a bit. I have also managed to redirect my old free-hosted blog at Wordpress.com to this one using 301 redirects, despite the official Wordpress take on the subject: “Sorry, we don’t do 301 redirects.”…
Congratulations to Normal~ish
Congratulations to Emilie on her 100th post! Normal~ish is a thoughtful blog with some of the most gorgeous pictures of children I have ever seen. It’s enough to make you envy her life, and if you don’t already have children, watch out! This blog and her lovely stories will make you want them.
While I don’t [...]