"Celebrating Motherhood as Muse: A Mother's Day Reading wih the Motherlode Writers" Sunday, May 13th from 4-6pm at Nomad Cafe 6500 Shattuck Ave. Oakland, CA 94609, (510) 595-5344. The Motherlode Writers is a Berkeley-based community of mother-writers who work in a variety of genres, including essay, memoir, poetry, and fiction. For more information, please visit their website: http://motherlodewriters.blogspot.com/

Motherlode is a writing group that originated from LM's editor-in-chief, founder and columnist, Amy Huduck's original, Books and Babies group. Several current and former LM editors and columnists will be there, many with kids in tow.