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Midsummer 7 Aug 2013 | 07:29 pm
I seem to have taken an accidental vacation from the blog. Summer has been busy. Good busy. Busy busy. Life busy. And I haven’t been writing as much as I’d like. But I’ve been spending time with my fa...
Book hunger 11 Jul 2013 | 07:43 pm
It’s summer. I’m devouring books more rapidly than usual. I just finished reading This One is Mine by Maria Semple. I loved it almost as much as I loved her more recent novel, the one that prompted me...
Why I write 9 Jul 2013 | 08:17 pm
I wonder, sometimes, if I will ever feel like I have enough time to write. When my kids are grown. When there aren’t playdates and piano lessons and grocery shopping twice-weekly. When I can have a de...
Be here still 26 Jun 2013 | 02:59 pm
Veryln Klinkenborg says to let go of your sentences. Those words in a perfectly shaped line that come to you as you are unloading the groceries from the cart. Or pushing your daughter on the swing....
Six days. In reverse. 25 Jun 2013 | 04:27 pm
Today: The last day of school for my two older kids. A trip to the lake: one part celebration of newly minted second- and fourth-graders; one part survival. It’s HOT! Last night: Organize teacher car...
Fourteen 20 Jun 2013 | 06:44 pm
Today is June 20. Fourteen years ago today my father died suddenly. And I’m pretty sure this is the first June 20 in those 14 years that I have not taken off work, or had a special lunch with my mom, ...
In the mirror 10 Jun 2013 | 04:29 pm
They are all three-and-a-half years older. So am I, for that matter. The littlest still crawls on top of me. The oldest still waits for me, these days on the edge of the chair in the kitchen while I’m...
When in doubt, read 7 Jun 2013 | 08:29 pm
Hey, look! I’m up at Project: Underblog with more books I’ve read lately. You might like some of them. Or you might want to share with me the books you’ve read recently. Come on by!
Here still 4 Jun 2013 | 02:15 am
A few weeks ago I was rededicating myself to blogging, and today the question screaming at me from within is “Why am I here?!” Life is messy. Emotions are all consuming. Work needs to be done. Childre...
Three online connections that made my week 25 May 2013 | 02:30 am
This week has been a busy one. For days I’ve wanted to sit down and pound out a few words here. Get the sentences out of my brain and into the blog. But ’twas not to be. Instead—both so I’ve given som...
