My friend K came over today with her boys to play and hear my daughter play her flute. K is a flute teacher, but not my daughter’s flute teacher. She’s … Continue reading Relinquishing Ownership of my Kids’ Successes (and Failures)
From the comments I see on Facebook, Daylight Saving Time appears to be universally despised, at least by parents of school-aged children. We homeschool, and I still dislike DST. It … Continue reading What Do You Think About Daylight Saving Time?
This week. It’s flown by. And now the weekend is almost over, made an hour shorter by the beginning of Daylight Saving Time. Time is just jumping along at a … Continue reading Week 32 Review: Bugs Can’t Tell Time
Love the One You’re With by Emily Giffin My rating: 2 of 5 stars I think maybe I just don’t like “Chick Lit”. I didn’t like the two books I … Continue reading Book Review: Love the One You’re With by Emily Giffin
My friend sent me a link to an article from 2002 entitled, “On the Internet, No One Knows I’m an Introvert”: Extroversion, Neuroticism, and Internet Interaction (Yair Amichai-Hamburger, Galit Wainapel, … Continue reading Introversion and the Virtual Community
Today’s challenge from The Daily Post: If you could bring one fictional character to life for a day, who would you choose? My first thought was predictable: Mr Darcy. But really, … Continue reading The Practical Challenges of Bringing Fiction to Life
This would be an excellent opportunity to check out the great things happening on the blogs on my blog roll!
There’s my rallying cry. Susan from The Confident Introvert posted a comment on my angst-ridden Hermit post. I checked out her blog. This is a woman who speaks my language. … Continue reading Introverts Unite!
I don’t have any secrets for being happy with one’s kids. Some days, I love being with them and find everything they do delightful. Other days even the cutest things … Continue reading When Traveling a New Land, Be Ready to Make Your Own Map
I’m fretting about Friendship/Social Life Month in April more intensely and much earlier than I’ve fretted about the other months so far. I fret about all of them because I’ve … Continue reading Hermithood is Looking Better and Better
My husband told me that my blog’s popularity had peaked and that I should do something outrageous to “move it to the next level”. So I decided to write sensationalist … Continue reading Toddler Cannibalism: The Hidden Epidemic (and Week 31 Review)
Imperfect Happiness 