Ellen Nordberg
How I Learned the Value of Ambidextrous Breasts
During my pregnancy, I complained about lost brain cells and how relieved I would be to regain them once my twins were born. The experienced mothers fell to the floor in collective hysteria.
Mothers of Invention
What are some of your favorite products and services? Do you ever stop to think about whether they’re local or come from women owned businesses?
When It’s About More than Getting In Shape
Walking back to my bike, I felt ashamed that I hadn’t been paying attention to what this ride was for, or who might benefit, other than me with my smaller, tighter butt.
Snakes Alive! 6 Standout Serpentariums
Does your kid have an obsession with things that slither and hiss? If you’ve got a budding herpetologist in your family, a visit to one of these six serpentariums can provide an educational and often hands-on encounter with snakes, lizards, and all kinds of reptiles.
Table Manners
*UPDATE* Now on Multiples Illuminated
Boulder Lifestyle, 5/14.
Pooping in a park in broad daylight? Refusing to get in the car until a hot Brazilian nanny kisses them goodbye?
Broken Speed Dial
Originally in River Oak Review.
“What’s the problem?” I ask, inspecting the over-sized numbers on the phone.
“I can’t see in my right eye,” my ninety-one year old grandmother says. “It’s just a cloud.”
“When did this happen?” I ask, placing salad bowls in front of us on her small dining table.
“A week ago maybe,” she says. “The doctor thinks he can fix it.”
I struggle to comprehend. She tells me the doctors say she may have some kind of degenerative arthritis syndrome, one that can be connected to another disease that makes you go blind.
Boulder Writers’ Workshop
Please Don’t Ask Me to Feed Your Cat 2nd Place – 2013 Comedy Writing Contest. Read the essay here.
CBC Radio “Out in the Open” Interview
Ellen interviewed on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for her essay “What Rock Climbing Taught Me About Love.” The interview is available on the CBC radio website.Rock climbing teaches you to always protect your partner…