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Ordinary Days

December 25, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 2 Comments

Aren’t we a culture that professes to value individuals? A society that goes wild over the stand-out: exceptional performance, particular charm, something – anything – distinctive? And don’t we oo and ah over beauty? And yet. The distinctions we seek – in professions and in personal style – are increasingly conventional. As for beauty, who […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Other Stuff Tagged With: achievement, beauty, big little wolf, biglittlewolf, creativity, daily plate of crazy, dailyplate, dailyplateofcrazy just life, excellence, good enough, happiness, perfectionism, simple life, women and self-esteem, women's roles

End of the Year Clearance on Complaint Monday!

December 20, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 22 Comments

You’re sitting in your office trying to make peace with your inner pout. You’re trying to remember where you put the last of the Christmas cards. You’ve got to jam just one or two more holiday errands into the lunch hour. OHMYGOD will you remember to tip the mail carrier and the mechanic and the […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Parenting Tagged With: big little wolf, biglittlewolf, complaint department, daily plate of crazy, holiday shopping, holidays, Parenting, positive attitude

48 Hours

December 19, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 3 Comments

48 hours. Well, technically, it’s been less. But in the past two days, we’ve had some of my true drug of choice: sleep. My son has scored some serious snooze time, and I’ve racked up more zzzzs than usual, though I’m staring at a pretty depleted well after our marathon of days and nights this […]

Filed Under: Morning Musing, Parenting Tagged With: big little wolf, biglittlewolf, daily plate of crazy, Parenting, parenting teens, Single Parenting, sleep, women and worry

Particle Physics

November 9, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 12 Comments

We’ve been staying up until all hours, often working side by side. On the couch. Or he’s on the couch and I’m in an adjoining room plopped in a chair, plugging away on my laptop. He watches me scowl in exasperation, shuffle through stacks of pages, then tap furiously on my keyboard for a long […]

Filed Under: Business, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting Tagged With: aging gracefully, biglittlewolf, daily plate of crazy, learning, Morning Musing, Parenting, parenting teens, work life balance

Dead Uncle

November 3, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 18 Comments

I do a double-take. He looks so familiar, but I can’t place him. Fifty-something. Wild curly hair. Animated and grinning. Given that I’m already miffed – and rushed – I let it go, continuing to my car. “Miserable morning,” I mutter to myself, adjusting the heating pad beneath the backs of my legs. Turning over […]

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Ghosts, Goblins, and Ghouls

October 29, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 12 Comments

This week, Gale at Ten Dollar Thoughts wrote about the division of responsibilities among couples – how the lines are drawn when it comes to bringing home the bacon, household chores, childcare, cooking, yard work, and more. As a long-time single parent, my view of domestic duties operates from a different perspective. I’ve raised my […]

Filed Under: Morning Musing, Parenting Tagged With: biglittlewolf, children of divorce, daily plate of crazy, dailyplateofcrazy parenting, holidays, Marriage and Divorce, single parenthood, single parenthood how do you really feel, surviving Halloween

Woman to wed… herself

October 24, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 7 Comments

How could I pass up this little nugget? It’s a news item plucked from msnbc.com concerning a Taiwanese woman who is apparently planning an unusual wedding next month. Her spouse-to-be? Herself. While Chen Wei-yih cannot marry herself legally, she intends to do so symbolically – right down to the wedding dress, the wedding planner, the […]

Filed Under: Culture, Relationships, Sexual Politics Tagged With: biglittlewolf, daily plate of crazy, Marriage and Divorce, Relationships, weird news

Fresh Eggs: 1 Mile

October 21, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 14 Comments

Nudging my kid, shaking my kid, waking my kid. As usual. Making the lunch, brewing the coffee, rushing to get a jump on my writing. As usual. My laptop flipped open, and ready to rock. As usual. Flipped open… and nothing. “Do backups,” said the adult voice. That was last night, about 12:30, as I […]

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Timing is everything

October 8, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 13 Comments

Time keeps on ticking, ticking, ticking… Trying to wake the kid. Rushing to get his lunch made. Hoping the car will start. Scrambling to get things done hours earlier than usual, and “usual” is pretty damn early. Crossing my fingers that I make it to the dealership. Pleading for no traffic. Counting on that loaner. […]

Filed Under: Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Parenting Tagged With: big little wolf, biglittlewolf, checklists, daily plate of crazy, dailyplate, dailyplateofcrazy, managing time, no time, Parenting, Single Parenting, sleep deprivation, time management, work life balance

Silence is Golden, Sort Of

September 26, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 16 Comments

No need to dress. No need to drive. No need to cook – heating a frozen dinner in the microwave was just fine. And not one word. No need to speak at all, for 36 hours. Bliss. Yesterday was my first day off in two months. No parenting, no worrying, no checking a clock or […]

Filed Under: Morning Musing, Parenting Tagged With: benefits of a break, big little wolf, biglittlewolf, communication, connection, daily plate of crazy, dailyplateofcrazy, family, silence, Single Parenting, solitude

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