Sometime in 2004, a doula friend was dropping me off at home, and as we sat in her dark car in front of my apartment building, just before the police … Continue reading How Social Media Has Changed My Real-World Connections
My younger child turned seventeen last month, and his elder sibling was twenty-one this past spring, and I must be a slow learner, because it wasn’t until this week that … Continue reading Four Lessons Childbirth Taught Me About Life
The other night, my teenager asked which of the four of us was the funniest in the family. I answered without hesitation that I was the funniest. “Okay, that was … Continue reading Bookends: July 2026
A lot of June I spent in my closet/recording studio narrating (and editing and proofing and re-listening to) an audiobook I totally loved working on. I submitted final files at … Continue reading Bookends: June 2026
One of the books I read this month—Platonic by Marisa G. Franco, PhD—has really been sticking with me. It’s not my favorite of the month, but it’s the only nonfiction … Continue reading Bookends: May 2026
Lately I’ve been really lighting up about what I call reframes: Something I already know presented in a way that makes me say, “Ohhh! I get it now!” It gives … Continue reading Emotional Labor by Rose Hackman, and My Most Popular Post
Last weekend, my spouse and I celebrated our twenty-second wedding anniversary, but whether we actually “celebrated” it or not depends on the story we tell. One version of the story … Continue reading Different Stories
This Halloween continued the trend of child-led costume assembly that began last year. I’m all in favor because it appeals to my general laziness and to my “bah, humbug” attitude … Continue reading Halloween Pie 2017
In June 2014, I bought a fitness tracker. I got myself a Fitbit One to wear on my hip rather than a wristband tracker because I really liked wearing my … Continue reading Footloose and Fitness Tracker-Free
Tonight while we were making dinner, our twenty-six-year-old stove went kaput. Luckily, just yesterday we got a new toaster since the one we bought in 2003 stopped working the day we … Continue reading Pushing Appliances to Their Limits
Today, my daughter recounted for us a story she’d read about a pregnant woman who put headphones on her belly so her baby could listen to music. When my children stopped laughing, … Continue reading Nursery Song
It’s Halloween once again! This year to celebrate their third reading of The Lord of the Rings (including an audiobook and a read-aloud by each of their parents), my daughter dressed … Continue reading Halloween Pie 2016