Tweet Imagine you are a renter, entering our house this Sunday on Move-In Day, acquiver over the fact that you get to live for the next year in a house with stainless steel in the kitchen, a playset for the … Continue reading
Tweet My husband and I have a dynamic in our marriage predicated on his innate superiority and my unwillingness to be fazed by it. Since I’m someone whose self-esteem can be shaken by a student commenting casually, “You sure have been an … Continue reading
Tweet Should you be having a tough day, I open with a photo aimed at making you feel better about your own life: Our master bedroom looks like the inside of Mel Gibson’s brain: unconnected piles of crap that somehow … Continue reading
Tweet Although Paco maintains this week, when he is FORCED every day to attend the YMCA camp called “Kitchigami,” that “Camp is boring. Camp is boring. I hate camp. Camp is boring. Who wants to swim five days in a row? … Continue reading
Tweet I promise I’m not complaining. The truth is, the kids are off at daycamp this week, which magically opens up the daytime hours for Groom and me to hustle around the house, throw bedding into plastic bags, and disassemble … Continue reading
Tweet “For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?” Jane Austen Waiting for a break in the conversation, the impatient ten-year-old saw his chance. The two mothers had slowed … Continue reading
Tweet …which means we still have a Question of the Day. Recently, I posed this one: “If you had a ball, a slinky, a marble, a pancake, and a fuzzy slipper, what would you invent with them?” My response was: … Continue reading
Tweet Regular life mixes with preparation for change. We have friends over, write commitments on the calendar, and pack boxes in anticipation of time away. Yesterday, tired of not being able to unlock or start up our one remaining vehicle … Continue reading