The Recital (Part One)

I started this blog six years ago, when Elder Girleen went off to elementary school. Last night, she “graduated” from … More

The Dance

At the gym, the soundtrack of my younger days is spilling so loudly from the speakers it erases thought, and … More

This is it, then. The lovely nutmeat of the summer. The musty smell of tomatoes pulled from the vine; the … More

The NYTimes Happy Days: The Pursuit of What Matters in Troubled Times blog always makes interesting reading; the most recent … More

Mildly (it’s to be hoped) entertaining anecdotes about squirrels and cupcakes set in playgrounds aside, I’ve spent a heck of … More

It’s probably jumping the gun just a little to start referencing the dog days less than a full week after … More

Oh, mothers of school-aged children, those odd disheveled creatures! (the mothers, I mean, not their offspring). Unless they work really … More

Every mom needs… a friend to take walks with a friend to shop with a friend to have lunch with … More

After nine months or so without a real babysitter (“trading” nights with neighbor moms is great in a pinch but … More