I’ve been working with a new illustrator, Jonathan Lam, for the upcoming November–December issue. One of the things that sets this guy apart from the other illustrators whose work has appeared in our pages is that he is—among other things, of course—a comic book illustrator.
We wanted art with an epic feel for a story about a woman who has a waterbirth during a power outage after a huge windstorm in the Seattle area, and Jon’s style seemed a match.
After all, what could be more heroic than natural childbirth? I’d like to see Spidey do that . . .
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Every other month is crunch time in these here parts—that special time when we at Mothering magazine focus on putting out a, well, a magazine. We’re in the throes right now, working on the November–December issue, which features . . . toys! Our annual toy review. Articles editor Candace Walsh, who also does all our product reviews, has been busy soliciting the very best in new natural toys, and they’ve been arriving for months now. It’s been a trip—the office is awash with toys, the staff is abuzz with toy talk, and visitors to the office are just plain confused.
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