Hyperparenting. Helicoptering. Parenting Styles vs Common Sense.
Archives for 2012
Heralded Historian Talks Guillotine and Bastille Day
14 July 2012, Just In. Reports are coming in of an unplanned encounter between vacationing journalist, Lola La Chaussure, and heralded historian, Docteur Louis LeBrun of La Sorbonne. The impromptu meeting allegedly took place just hours ago in the Café de Paris on Las Olas Boulevard, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, wherein the two struck up […]
Tips for Traveling As a Couple (for the First Time)
First time travel as a couple? Tricky stuff.
Wishing You Were Here
Exotic destination? Virtual vacation? Ever feel like you need to get away from it all – somehow? I suspect I could send my own postcard from the edge right now. Perhaps from a gorgeous beach on an exotic isle. From a small cabin shaded by old trees. (But not so remote that I’m deprived of […]
Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll
Drugs. Alcohol. Big kids, big worries.
Don Draper Dreams
“I want less mess around here,” he says. “And that means less stuff. We’re selling this place, and we’re living more simply.” Not the words I expect from Don Draper, and I wonder how it is that I’m witness to this private conversation. Well, somewhat private. It’s a small guestroom in a part of the […]
Mini Monster
Ah, the Big House. The one that drove me (and no doubt the neighbors) crazy for… let’s see… 12 months? 18 months? Oh, it was a seemingly endless period of time as the noise, mess, and general disturbance was unavoidable. Daily. Then there was the nail in my tire requiring (expensive) repair – hardly the […]
Does Parenting Advice Help or Hurt?
Parenting advice. When do we believe it?
Cher Jean-Marc (mai 1988)
Letter to a lost lover. Number 3. May 1988.
Apologies
You step on someone’s foot in line. It’s automatic. You say “sorry.” You apologize. You reach for the same chicken leg on the platter as your sister at exactly the same time. You laugh, and say “sorry!” You apologize. But whether it comes to everyday apologies over minutiae or major issues that arise from harsh […]