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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. […]

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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

The view from where I sit

September 18, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 11 Comments

It is not the day of her passing, though my mother is much on my mind. She is here, as I pad around the house to the ticking of the wall clock that brings me back to mornings in her kitchen. Today, I write from a chair I rarely use. It is most often the […]

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As plain as the nose on my face

September 17, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 13 Comments

It’s been bumpy around Ye Olde Homestead of late. Cycles of teen stress, silence, a talk, followed by improvement. Two or three days later, the cycle repeats. Fortunately, I have plenty of shoe dye for the gray hair. And far more patience than I ever realized. I also have a usual go-to solution. A great […]

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Linger in a pleasing dream? Why not?

September 12, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 8 Comments

When you’re a challenged sleeper, even 30 more minutes of sleep can make the difference between an energized day and a long, difficult one. And when you love to dream, the idea that you could extend and linger in your cunningly conspiratorial unconscious is delicious, isn’t it? Yesterday I came across a Woman’s Day article […]

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A beautiful day for… US Open Tennis

September 11, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 2 Comments

It’s a sunny day in New York City. Not too hot. A bit of wind. And eyes on US Open Tennis. The semi-finals (Roger Federer, Novac Djokovic) and later, the Women’s Finals (Kim Clijsters, Vera Zvonareva). What happened to Roger in the second set? After a vigorous first (Federer, 7-5), the second seemed to slip […]

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The Forest for the Trees

September 9, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 17 Comments

We were pressed for time. Again. While my son finished dressing and filling his backpack, I put a plate of fried eggs and toast on the table. Orange juice next to it. I paced a little. I hate running late. He swallowed down breakfast and gulped the juice, grabbed his things, asked for the car […]

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Random Acts of Parenting

September 7, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 38 Comments

I thought it would be a quiet weekend. It was. A little too quiet. My son seemed off.  I couldn’t put my finger on it. Though he had friends over one evening, there were two nights in a row when he was up at strange hours, walking around. Not his usual behavior. But with adolescents, […]

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Who do you trust?

September 5, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 9 Comments

When I wrote about the film, Closer, I was intrigued by the fine line between honesty and dishonesty, genuine connection and its simulation, and the ways in which we deceive ourselves when we love. There is nothing more fascinating – to me – than adults dealing with each other. Men and women, interacting. The issue […]

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Is “reputation” old hat?

September 3, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 22 Comments

Are you about getting it done, or how well you get it done? Do you dash off memos, emails, or work product of other sorts, with only a quick look – if that? Do you insist on being proud of whatever you produce and put your name to? Quality, quality, quality The other day I […]

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