The Bucket in Our Bathroom
We keep this bucket in the bathtub. It catches gray water, both as the water heats up and while we’re taking showers. We use the gray water for our indoor houseplants and for the fruit trees in...
View ArticleWhy This Parenting Expert Wants Your Kid to BREAK the Rules (& a GIVEAWAY)
Heather Shumaker, author of It’s OK Not to Share (whaaat? It is?), has a new book out this week. It’s called It’s OK to Go UP the Slide. (I know, right?) I’ve dutifully pre-ordered my copy (because...
View ArticleLow-Income, Low-Risk But DENIED: A Letter to Oregon’s Governor Kate Brown
The pregnant mom who contacted me last November, two weeks before Thanksgiving, was so upset she could barely speak. She had just been told by the Oregon Health Authority that they would not provide...
View ArticleHow to Fail Your Way to Success
You’ve probably done this before: Googled someone you know—maybe a friend from high school, maybe a work colleague—and felt a stab of jealousy when you saw how successful that person is. The Wikipedia...
View ArticleDon’t Wear White Jeans in NYC: 16 Lessons From #ASJA2016
Squeezed into a seat in row 34 on a crowded airplane, I’m flying back to Oregon from New York City. Yesterday I spoke on a panel at the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) annual writing...
View ArticleDon’t Wash Your Hands Before Dinner? A Review of The Dirt Cure by Maya...
“It’s a particularly nerve-racking time to be a parent,” Maya Shetreat-Klein, M.D., writes in the beginning of her new book, The Dirt Cure: Growing Healthy Kids With Food Straight From the Soil...
View ArticleWatching VaxXed, Not Censoring It, Is The Hallmark of a Free Society
A Documentary About Vaccine Safety Makes People in High Places Uncomfortable By Julie Akins, Special to JenniferMargulis.net June 14, 2016—Ashland, Oregon Standing outside the quaint and...
View ArticleFacts On Vaxxed: A Cheat Sheet
A lot of people think you should NOT see this movie. The loudest voices calling for censorship did not bother to see it themselves. Why watch a film when you can condemn its contents based on the...
View Article12 Great Books for 12-Year-Olds
I don't know about you but I'm in awe every time I walk into a bookstore. So many up and coming authors are writing so many truly outstanding books. Here are 12 of our family's favorites, some are...
View ArticleAshland, Oregon Discusses Vaxxed
It is my hope and prayer that the film Vaxxed will create a chink in the dam that has been holding back the truth of the ongoing fraud and corruption at the CDC which has allowed our children to be...
View ArticleJennifer’s New Book Born Yesterday (Actually the Day Before)
Breaking news: I gave birth to a new book on Tuesday, August 23, coauthored by Dartmouth-trained pediatrician Dr. Paul Thomas, M.D. You can see me swear like a sailor in the most honest book trailer...
View ArticleDr. Bob Sears Stands With California Families, and I #StandWithSears
Dr. Bob Sears, M.D., is under fire for granting a medical exemption to a child who had multiple adverse vaccine reactions Dr. Bob Sears, M.D., is a pediatrician in private practice in Southern...
View ArticleMy Son Can’t Go To School Tomorrow Because of SB-277
My oldest child was vaccinated according to the CDC schedule. I thought people who didn’t give their kids vaccines had rocks in their head.
View ArticleInjecting Common Sense: This Family’s Take on California’s New Law Barring...
The California legislature has reached too far, in a futile attempt to achieve “total immunization.” Coercing parents to accept vaccines for their young children is wrong. Decisions about...
View ArticleWhere You’ll Find Me: Eugene & Philadelphia
But wait, there’s more. Why show up in real life when you can surf the net in your pajamas?
View ArticleBaby Reindeer Don’t Have Horns: Lessons From BirthWorks International
The name of the conference explains its philosophy: BirthWorks. Birth works. Which it does. Except when it doesn’t.
View ArticleThis Mom’s Pet Bird Was Dying, Until She Did This
My beautiful parrot had an accident and we thought we were going to lose her. It brought home to me how much a pet becomes a member of family.
View ArticleHalloween Parade in Ashland, Oregon: Scenes From Halloween 2016
The Halloween parade in Ashland, Oregon is one of our small town's best traditions.
View Article15 Fabulous Gifts For Writers
The presents I like best are experiences: homemade food, handmade drawings, artwork, coupons from my kids for things like soccer lessons (my holiday present from my son) and babysitting (my birthday...
View ArticleDecember Events in Chicago and Michigan
Julie Obradovic, author of An Unfortunate Coincidence, and Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., author of The Vaccine-Friendly Plan, will be speaking and signing books in Chicago, Illinois; Montague, Michigan;...
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