I usually make a morning stop for an entertaining read at Dads House, where I am met by the perspective of a single dad who talks about parenting and sex, cocktails and sex, internet dating and sex… Well, you get the picture. But this single dad is also keenly aware (and opinionated) when it comes […]
Thanks! WE Magazine 101 Women Bloggers to Watch!
Dear WE Magazine for Women, I’m not sure how you found me – but I thank you for doing so! I’d like to express my appreciation for being included in your “101 Women Bloggers to Watch in 2010.” I’ve placed my writing award in the upper right region of my sidebar, to remind me to […]
Parenting Tips (and Burst my Bubble)
Parenting rocks. Parenting sucks. Parenting rocks. There are great sources of information out there. And terrible sources of information out there. There are great sources of information out there. When it comes to parenting (mothering in particular), we are our own worst enemies. We are also – potentially – our greatest cheerleaders and sources of […]
Okay Parents – Use Your Words!
You’re not a politician. You’re not a speech writer. You’re not an on-air anchor who has to think quickly on his or her proverbial, beautifully clad feet. You’ve got a hundred different roles in your day, professionally and personally. But the words that tumble out of your mouth aren’t going to make a significant difference, […]
Letter to the new decade
Dear 2010, and the nine years that follow: I am bracing myself. I step over the threshold to meet you with awareness of my own fragility, shadows hovering, and a crystal ball that seems to be on the fritz. My machinery is in disrepair and I am past due for a talented handy man. I […]
‘Twas the day before Christmas
‘Twas the day before Christmas ‘Twas the day before Christmas and all cross the net not a blogger was stirring, (my page rank, upset) – My thoughts started wandering; where are the readers? (I’m staring at cardinals alighting at feeders… ) Proud in his red coat I think of dear Santa – (Wishing for eggnog, […]
Three little words
Three little words – you know the ones. We all want to hear them. We all want to say them. Those three little words are spun, sung, whispered and wished for. They are immortalized on film, they monopolize our music, and they pump blood through our most lauded literature. So why is saying “I love […]
Statements of Self, Drunken Drafts, and Other Threads
It’s been a scattered week. (Is it really only Thursday morning?) After seven blissful hours of sleep, I am more equipped than usual to muse on this and that, and offer a few observations on the self – how, and how much we offer to others – along with thoughts on colorful gloves, drunken drafts, […]
K and Coffee, Midnight Weary
Kahlua and Coffee, Midnight Weary: Coffee beans and midnight dreary, Fresh the grinds, and moi, so weary, Yet I praise the gods I’m not As I have been, overwrought. This, instead of being teary, Rashly (brashly) eyes go bleary – Now the dark and steamy brew That I never shall eschew Spiked in honor of […]
Passing along the Sugar Doll
Pass the sugar, doll! Drum roll please. As the recent recipient of the Tish-Tish-Tish you shouldn’t have Sugar Doll Award, I now have the honor of passing it along (better than a chain letter, no?) and… I’d like to pass the lovely bubble-gum pink designation to three very different writers: Teresa / Goldfish (On three […]