Seriously, the Dumbest E-mail of the Week
As I have noted on this blog before, I get a lot of dumb e-mails during the course of the week. A number of them, alas, are from PR people. Now, I have nothing [...]
Here It Is: My Dream Bag
For those of you who read my editor’s letter in the September issue and want to know more about my dream bag, here it is: I realize I should have just put this picture [...]
Why Does It Cost $700 to Eat at a Stadium?
Yesterday my husband and I took Eldest and Middle to the U.S. Open, which we do every year. It’s a real late-summer highlight for me: The weather is usually great, it’s a short trip [...]
The best product innovation of the last 20 years (nominations welcome, but I’ve already made up my mind)
I’ve just spent the last two weeks on vacation, which means I’ve had a lot of time to ponder life’s big issues: –am I a good mother? –just how important are good grades in [...]
No more crying!
I have been spontaneously bursting into tears for the last two weeks and I’ve had just about enough of it. That is how long our dear cat (and, really, sort of first child) George has been in decline, after nearly 18 years of excellent health and extreme flexibility in the face of all sorts of headaches (starting with 3 children and a dog) that we brought to his life.
Things that are just better when they come from someone else
Last week I was sitting in the office of Real Simple‘s executive editor, Sarah Humphreys, and I borrowed a pen. Of course it was a wonderful pen, and better than any pen in my [...]
Could I have saved that bird?
Every spring for the last three years, a robin has laid a nest in a rhododendron right next to our front porch. It is also right next to the driveway, so every time we [...]
When your family makes you question your entire existence
So this past weekend my husband and I took Eldest and Baby (Middle is at camp) to meet my youngest sister’s new baby. My youngest sister lives 4 hours away in Pennsylvania , on [...]
Is June the cruelest month?
I know somebody–T.S. Eliot, maybe?–said April is the cruelest month. I actually think that honor belongs to June. I’m not even talking about teacher gifts, which stump me every year. We routinely fall back [...]
The Top Ten Reasons I Have Been Too Crazy to Blog
10. Eldest is being confirmed this coming weekend.
9. Middle is graduating from elementary school next month.
8. And I have volunteered to be in charge of the production of the 5th grade yearbook, as if we needed further proof that I am insane….
