When Your Child Wants To Jump Out Of An Airplane (Day 162)
(photo credit: Skydiving by MandaRose on flickr.com. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode.) I have nothing against sky-diving. My husband and I have talked about going together....
View ArticleWine and Carryout (Day 173)
(photo: Caroline, Meg and Rachel: the early years. Halloween.) I spent a few hours this evening with old friends, people who lived in my neighborhood when my children were babies. All [ . . . ]
View ArticleMystery Solved: It’s All About The Buttons (Day 175)
(photo: Close-up of the dress I wear ALL of the time. Notice the buttons. They used to have fabric covering them. Notice the wear pattern. I think I’ve finally put two [ . . . ]
View ArticleThe Grass Is Always Greener (Day 179)
It used to be when Gryphon (Tuck the dog’s cousin) came to stay at our house for a few days, I would play referee at meal time. I would stand [ . . . ]
View ArticleReboot: The 10 Best Colleges of All Time (Day 207)
(photo credit: All Souls College, Oxford by Cycling man on flickr.com. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode.) This evening, I will be attending a session for high school seniors and...
View ArticleThe Things We Hold Onto (Day 237)
Several weeks back, I opened a cabinet and found a homemade game (pictured above) which one of our children made for one of us as a present for some now-forgotten [ . . . ]
View Article“Room” and the World (Day 239)
It’s not every night that you get to watch, with the screenwriter on hand, an award-winning indie film based on a book you loved. When the novel, Room, came out [ . . . ]
View ArticleLooking Back and Looking Forward (Day 286)
I usually ignore the Facebook reminders of posts from a year ago or two years ago or three, but the one that showed up this morning surprised me. Six years [ . . . ]
View ArticleThe Toddler Negotiator (Day 295)
(Photo credit: Doug Waldron via Visual Hunt / CC BY-SA) Some of my favorite moments happen in the grocery store. This one actually began in the grocery store parking lot. I [ . . . ]
View ArticleHow I Really Feel About College Admissions (Day 297)
(Photo via Visual Hunt) This may not go over well as I am a parent of a high school senior and many of the people I know are also parents [ . . . ]
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