The Gonzo Mama column takes on marriage, womanhood, parenting and society. With seven children underfoot, a political geek for a husband, and a writing career to manage, there's never a dull moment. The Gonzo Mama is quasi-hip, ultra-neurotic, chaos-juggling fun, delivered in a tasty little 300- to 700-word package.
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The Gonzo Mama currently runs bi-weekly. Please contact me at mama@thegonzomama.com if you'd like to see The Gonzo Mama running in your local paper. I'll harass the editor.
Reprint permissions are available for the columns listed below. Go here for more info.
Below are links to past episodes of The Gonzo Mama column:
- Jackie Versus Marilyn
- Can't Argue with Pre-K Logic
- Bad Juju and Other Vacation Food Dangers
- Miami Vice-less
- Lord, Won't You Buy Me a Four-Wheel Drive?
- Car, Pay Diem
- Maybe I Could Be "Just" a Wife
- I've Adopted and Eighth Child, and My Husband Doesn't Know
- The Unhappiest Place on Earth, and Other Vacation Tales
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- Things I Accidentally Taught My Kids
- Seven Reasons I Need a Clone
- My Glamorous Life as a Rock Star's Wife
- The Beginning - and End - of My Fishing Fancy
- Tanks for the Memories
- I Mean This in the Nicest Way Possible
- Deadline, Schmedline. I'm Making PIE.
- RE: My R.S.V.P. to Your B.B.Q.
- Really, I'm Trying to Listen!
- There's a Crater on My Butt, and It's Beautiful
- Getting Your Garden Ready
- God May Be My Co-Pilot, but I'm Lost Without My GPS
- Jesus Drank Wine; I Prefer Southern Comfort
- A Bit Rash, Don't You Think?
- Skate or Die? Um... When Do You Need My Decision?
- Single and Seeking
- I Am SO Blogging About This!
- Finding my Skate Legs
- 2011: My Year of YES
- Soup, Interrupted
- My Mom Tried to Buy Me Porn for Christmas
- Baby Booties - and Spare Me the Cracks!
- I Blame My Animal Magnetism
- "November" is My Favorite Holiday
- Tricks of the Trade-Off
- Delta Blues
- Did Mia Hamm Start This Way?
- Running on Empty
- Confessions of a Failed Earth Mama
- Dude, Where's My Zucchini?
- My Dad has a Yacht of Girls
- Words that Sound Normal to Us, but Not to Others
- "My Dog Ate It" and Other Weird Explanations
- Meeting Mr. Right... Or was it Wright?
- There's a Reason Agents Get Fifteen Percent
- I Wore Flowers in My Hair; They Made Me Sneeze
- I Think I'll Curl Up and Diet
- The Princess and the Frog Rescuer
- A Little Privacy, Please!
- Somebody is Always Broken or Bleeding
- All the Wright Moves
- The Chonies I'll Be Wearing When I Die
- There Is No Japanese Word for "Vegan"
- Forecast Calls for Snow: Goodbye, Lovey
- Is It Really a New Year? 'Cause I've Been Here Before...
- Naïveté at the Nativity
- The Curse of the Mothers
- God Bless the TSA
- It's October. Let's Talk About Breasts!
- Mommy Masochism: Piece of Cake?
- Deathbeds Make Strange Reunions
- Belts are the New Lace Panties
- Everything I Need to Know About Motherhood I Learned From Animal House
- I Hope Jesus has a Sense of Humor
- Good Fences Make Good Voyeurs
- Divine Secrets of the Ma-Ma Sisterhood
- A Crash Course in Satire and Why Sterilization Doesn't Work
- The Defense of (My) Marriage Act
- Forget Gitmo... I've Been Bikini Shopping
- My Husband: Celebrity Facebook Stalker
- Sins of the Mother: When Animals Attack!
- Beer: It's What's for Breakfast
- Wife, Mother... Exhibitionist
- The Quality of Life Calculator and Why I Love Hemorrhoid Cream
- What Generation Gap?
- "Ad-Speak" for Parents
- So, You Think You Can Belly Dance?
- A Good Plan, but We Blewett
- Mommy Makeover
- Losing It