Offbeat Home is now Offbeat Home & LIFE!
We got this same feedback again and again: “I’m not a bride, not a mom, not a homeowner, so where’s my site?” And it exactly describes Offbeat Home’s editor, Megan. She edits Offbeat Home from the exact perspective. Clearly we have a disconnect between who we think Offbeat Home is targeted to, and who feels welcomed here. Here’s how we plan to change that…
It’s official: Offbeat Mama is now Offbeat Families!
After months of deliberation and many hours of behind-the-scenes technical lever-pulling, button-pressing, server re-configuring, and graphic redesigning, we are officially relaunched under our new name: OFFBEAT FAMILIES!
This shift to our new name should NOT have any technical impact on readers, regardless of how you follow our posts…
A blubbering farewell to Cat Rocketship
I’mma just rip the Bandaid off on this one: unfortunately, Offbeat Home’s advertising can no longer support the site having a dedicated managing editor, so our beloved Cat Rocketship is moving on. This is fucking sad, and honestly I don’t really want to talk about it. It feels like one of the Empire’s limbs got amputated. Cat’s got a few posts left to go up this week (and may contribute guestposts in the future?), but Megan and I are now tag-teaming as Offbeat Home’s editors.
When you’ve read all of the Empire, here are 10 blogs on homesteading, crafts, cats, and experiments
Jax wants to know if I have any blogs to suggest for reading after she’s covered all the Empire posts. *scoff* Do I have any blogs to recommend! I managed to keep it to ten.
Welcome to Offbeat Home: make yourself comfortable
YAY, it’s finally happening! We are throwing wide the front door and launching Offbeat Home. Come in! Welcome! Have a snack! Here’s what you need to know about the new site…
Offbeat Mama turns ONE: what I’ve learned from 12 months of working on this website
So, Offbeat Mama launched exactly one year ago yesterday! WHEW. What an intense year of learning it’s been — of course Offbeat Mama is all tangled up in my own experience of my first year of being an offbeat mama (Tavi’s birthday is coming up in a couple months) but it’s still been a pretty twisty turny learning experience.
Here’s what I’ve learned from running this website:
Why I hate parenting acronyms and refuse to use them
Sometimes I feel like I am battling a one-woman war against the over-acronymification of women’s communities. This is something I’ve dealt with on the Offbeat Bride Tribe for years, but I think the acronyms in online parenting communities is even more intense.
Agreeing to disagree
When I first started thinking about Offbeat Mama last fall, the biggest issue for me was wanting to make sure that the site wasn’t dogmatic and was welcoming to folks from all sorts of backgrounds. Maybe it’s working?