With a busy weekend in process (and teens, teens, teens about the place), I thought I would share a few of my favorite things. First and foremost? My beautiful sons, both home from school, and sound asleep in their messy rooms, surrounded by their half-unpacked bags, after a night during which the household was up […]
First Holiday With Blended Families?
The holidays are here! Are you in a new relationship? Are you mixing your children with your partner’s children for the first time in a large gathering, and possibly parents and siblings as well? For new couples, the first occasion to spend the holidays together is an opportunity to create memories – special moments of […]
Dragon Salad and My Best Foot Forward
Parenting priorities, dreaming dragons, cleaning conundrums, conflicting needs. Stress, and relief.
Stress Free Holiday Season?
Tips for a stress free holiday… with bath!
Fiddling
He considered himself a fiddler, a military man, and I knew him as a wonderful storyteller. His passion for life was contagious, but his greatest passion was for music. For some reason, I’ve been thinking about my grandfather this weekend. Perhaps it’s because I’m planning on fiddling around, just a little. ‘Tis the season to […]
Virtual Va-Va-Voom
Virtual window shopping at holiday time, with “luxe” and va-va-voom.
Bah, Humbug. Pass the Soup.
It was gorgeous, clear, and mild. It was a heavenly drive, as I made an early morning trek to the Farmer’s Market – fall foliage ablaze with reds and golden yellows. Until. Until a short stretch of road through a small but bustling commercial area, complete with iron lamp posts decorated in shiny bows, berry-bedecked wreaths, […]
Rambunctious Recipes for a Wild Weekend
Who doesn’t love food? (No one I know.) It’s the weekend – and a long one at that. So in the interest of a few hours of je ne sais quoi — reading Harper’s Bazaar? Pablo Neruda? Marguerite Duras, preferably au lit? — how about some rambunctious recipes (on a budget) for powering through the Labor […]
‘Twas the Morn Before Christmas. . .
‘Twas the morn before Christmas And all through the house Teens were still sleeping, No signs they might grouse When asked to participate In picking up Trails of their messes – The odd glass or cup Left on the couch, On the floor, on the table – (Why can’t they walk to the sink – […]
End of the Year Clearance on Complaint Monday!
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 […]