One Year with the Bike
I’ve been meaning to write this post since early May, when it had actually been a year, but I never seemed to fall on this topic. Finally, it is time. It&...
Category: Life
Ecuador in one week
I leave for Ecuador a week from tomorrow. I’m in a mild state of panic about it. Mostly I’m just nervous about the unknown. I haven’t been out...
Embarking on yet another parenting journey
My daughter and I are about to embark on a three-month anti-anxiety program. Will the parenting challenges never end? Yeah, I know, they don’t. First it w...
Guiding Principal
I’m struggling to write here lately. I’m not sure what to say. It all feels jumbled: unfinished ideas, stray thoughts that don’t fit, non-sequ...
Do front loading washing machines actually clean clothes?
I’ve had need, recently, to soak two pairs of jeans that I wear pretty frequently. Both had spots that I had treated but weren’t coming out, so I le...
Straight Outta Good Housekeeping
This Sunday my son and I went to a “play date” at one of his friends’ houses from school. I put “play date” in quotation marks bec...
Pretty Decent
I have to admit, this horrible cold and its long term laryngitis aside, this are pretty decent right now. I mean yes, I’ve been really busy. And yes I fee...
Peaks and Valleys
Monday my throat was on fire. I felt like absolute crap. I almost always get sick right after a prolonged period of stress. It’s pretty incredible how the...
What do you even say?
On Saturday I learned that a former student died of leukemia. He was in my class last year. He left school before the year was over, to receive treatments. He v...
Scattered Thoughts
Tis Friday, the last day of my spring break. I kept this day free of appointments and lunches and planned on taking it as a “sick day” to stay home ...