Whatever life dishes out, and whatever we can make of it. . .
Posted in Love, Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Parenting on Sep 2nd, 2010
Yesterday I was doing some editing and talking on the phone, when I was told to look at the news. A man had taken hostages at the Discovery Channel just outside of Washington, DC. There was a gun, and possibly explosives. I got off the phone. I put on CNN. I watched, and then had [...]
Posted in Lifestyle, Love, Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Parenting on Aug 31st, 2010
I don’t know when it happened, exactly. Whether I flipped a switch, or the lighting changed more gradually, as if a dimmer had slowly illuminated a new space. But I recognize that it happened some time ago, and it feels like a natural process – inhabiting this territory where the focus is off my experience [...]
Posted in Morning Musing, Parenting, Travel on Aug 28th, 2010
It’s here. Again. A day of last minute laundry and packing, goodbyes, airports. The house, suddenly so quiet, as my teenager prepares to fly back to college. To begin his sophomore year.
It was an evening of more loads of wash than I can count, the heap of luggage in the living room finally emptied, in [...]
Posted in Lifestyle, Other Stuff, Parenting on Aug 27th, 2010
We’d been at it for several hours, side by side, each of us on our laptops. Spread on the small ottoman pressing against my knees were stacks of old tax forms. On the chair beside me, two more folders with notes and figures.
We actually began the process days ago, but I couldn’t continue, and my [...]
Believe me, my kids are no angels. They try my patience, drain my stores of energy, gnaw at my sleep, and keep trashing the space I’ve been trying to organize for months.
Kids driving you crazy?
I adore my sons. I write about them often. They do me proud, they challenge me, they have good hearts. My [...]
Posted in Art Art Art, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Parenting on Aug 19th, 2010
Sometimes all it takes is a few words. Or an hour, even if it’s filled with 140-character communications, and they wind up being smart, provocative, and playful.
Last evening I hopped on Twitter, restlessly, after a long day. I was well aware that the pleasure of pondering and writing about contemporary art – my usual, on [...]
Posted in Food & Recipes, Lifestyle, Parenting on Aug 15th, 2010
Yes, there was one more teen party last night. Yes, I heard it. No, I wasn’t annoyed; I managed to sleep five hours anyway, and that’s good enough for the day’s mission: cake.
Coffee
I’ve been under the weather for a number of days, and I had plans to meet a friend for coffee last week. It [...]
Posted in Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting on Aug 14th, 2010
Fond of clichés? Don’t they breeze into our minds and tumble out of our mouths faster than a speeding bullet?
Catchy little phrases stick, don’t they? Good for what ails you? A quick fix? Oh yeah – tidy gems to sum up the world’s wisdom, like life isn’t fair, you get what you pay for, sink [...]
Posted in Art Art Art, Culture, Fashion and Style, Lifestyle, Sexy Shoes in the City on Aug 13th, 2010
Friday the 13th?
No – I’m not going to tackle slasher movies, and I’m not going to write about superstitions!
But with the proverbial places to go and people to see (as alliteration ambles along my edges), how about 13 possible posts for your perusal – in honor of Friday the 13th?
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Up for art?
Red, [...]
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Parenting on Aug 10th, 2010
Who doesn’t love to fantasize about days gone by, romanticizing a period in history that seems more glamorous, more exciting, or simpler?
As an avid fan of AMC TV’s Mad Men, I’m as susceptible to the appeal of this award-winning drama as anyone. The portrayal of life in the 1960s is seductive, surprising, and accurate in [...]
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