Whatever life dishes out, and whatever we can make of it. . .
Posted in Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting, Wimbledon 2010 on Jun 29th, 2010
Wimbledon 2010 Week 2 Upsets
It’s week 2 of Wimbledon 2010, and I’m enjoying coverage of Venus Williams (of course), and Kim Clijsters, as they each play matches on this day of quarter finals.
I’m still getting over the shock of watching Roddick lose to Lu in a four and a half hour five set match yesterday.
And [...]
Posted in Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting on May 4th, 2010
Your credentials, please?
Parenting may be a profession – and certainly is, in my view – but there are no guarantees, no cap and gown after years of study. No diploma. No certification. Just a physician handing over a squalling little creature that owns your heart. And then it’s off to the races, figuring it [...]
Posted in Art Art Art, Business, Culture, Fashion and Style, Language, Morning Musing, Parenting on Apr 8th, 2010
The Specialist
Ah, the clarity of knowing who we are and what we do, being able to articulate it, and use it to our advantage – with specificity! We’ve got our 30-second elevator speeches down to a science; we can wrap words around our corners of competence, and succinctly present ourselves in three or four sentences. [...]
Posted in Art Art Art, Fashion and Style, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting on Mar 24th, 2010
I was not where I wanted to be. In the car, weary, and heading across the city. At rush hour.
My son was next to me in the passenger seat, navigating by two maps printed off Google; we were trying an alternate route to avoid tie-ups, but some were inevitable. I was leaning against a [...]
Posted in Business, Culture, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting, Surviving Recession on Mar 3rd, 2010
Do you know what you’re worth? How do you ascertain your value – as a worker, a creative, a woman, a man, a spouse, a parent? As a member of society?
I’ll state this up front. This isn’t the usual morning musing. But hang in. It may be useful.
What is your job worth?
In layman’s terms, in [...]
Posted in Business, Culture, Parenting, Sexual Politics, Surviving Recession on Feb 5th, 2010
It’s Friday. Where’s my paycheck?
I am a divorced, full-time parent, who also seeks work and has been doing so for more than a year, since the most recent layoffs – two, nearly simultaneously. I was working a corporate full-time contractor job (marketing writing) and a freelance journalism job. I managed both around parenting my boys. [...]
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