With Your Shield or On It
Anti-Semitism is on the rise. The series of attacks and incidents taking place almost daily over the last several months have been a surprising wake up call for folks who […]
Category Archives: Mother Issues
First Days
When my daughter was younger, like many parents, we marked important days with a photo. First day of school for every grade, first rock concert, plays, awards and music performances. […]
Abundance
I was forced to buy a new wallet recently. I don’t invest much in accessories like wallets, handbags, phone cases and such so this doesn’t happen very often. I think […]
What Your Mother Has Done
A New York Times opinion piece about work/life balance (“A Toxic Work World“) is making the rounds and stirring up a storm of comments. The author points out, among other […]
Losing Your Rhythm
Anyone needing an easy laugh should come to my Jazzercise class on days the instructor works in routines that require clapping. Since I have yet to master the ability move […]
Why We Still Need Women’s History Month
As Women’s History month drifts to a close I feel like we are running in place with once step forward, two steps back on improving gender equity. And don’t get […]
Women I’ve Known
The people who produce the William-Sonoma catalog are diabolical. Dinner plates in soft pastels, serving dishes with whimsical bunnies, botanical linens all scattered with charming alabaster eggs. It arrives in […]
Beauty Scape
I came very late to the habit of going to the salon. For 30 years I wore my hair very long (and usually pinned up in a bun). For 15 […]
Unimaginable
Yesterday I got news that a child of an acquaintance of mine had committed suicide. He was 37. To lose a child is unimaginable. To lose someone you love by […]
Guest Rant: I Did Not Love My Mother
I re-post this as a salute to my friend who is brave, kind and more than just a pretty-good Mom. A Mother’s Day Essay A Pretty Good Mom An ugly […]
Mommyblog
In an alternate future-world I will read the New Yorker magazine the day that it arrives in the mail. In present reality-land, they are scattered throughout the house in no […]
Limbo
I am really bad at uncertainty. Change I’m good at, emergencies, bring ’em on, but uncertainty makes me understand the Catholic concept of Limbo a bit more than I would […]
Abundance
As many people do we went around the table on Thanksgiving and everyone shared something they were thankful for. There was a general consensus about being thankful for family, friends […]
Multitasking
I am torn about my blog post today. I am suffering from split focus, attention deficit, mommy syndrome, something. On the one hand I am busy stimulating the economy for […]
Vay Kay
I recently returned from a (somewhat) electronics free vacation. I still had all my devices with me, I just resisted the urge to use them for work purposes. The iPad […]
