Posts Tagged: author

Do We Like Speaking in the First Person Plural? Do We?

posted on 08/30/2009

Yesterday, MDH and I went to lunch at what I would like to call a “Suburbistro” [This is a new term I’m officially coining — you heard it here first! It refers to all those chain restaurants that crop up near strip malls and try way too hard to be quaint, but are really just […]

It’s All About the Bounce

posted on 08/21/2009

A childhood friend of mine, Kenneth, was in a terrible accident several years ago — he slipped while rappelling off a bridge with a bunch of friends, and fell some 80 feet to the ground. He broke lots of important bones and was confined to a wheelchair for several months… All in all, he was […]

Good, toothless fun

posted on 08/18/2009

My little guy is almost 2 months old now, growing like a weed, and – lately – smiling and laughing. The “social smile,” as it is called in developmental terms, is just about the best thing ever. Better than chocolate, ice cream, or sex. Or even sex in chocolate ice cream!! Just when I was […]

You Could, But Will You?

posted on 07/28/2009

Years ago, when I lived in Portland, Oregon, one of my favorite weekend activities was to stroll through the Saturday Market — a lively collection of artists’ booths, street performers and food vendors downtown by the Willamette River. I’d get a chai tea or some greasy ethnic food from one of the booths and then […]

An Ordinary, Everyday Miracle

posted on 07/22/2009

It seems that every time I take a hiatus from blogging, I feel the need to explain why in my return entry (we can talk about the uselessness of that later). This time is no different, but those who know me personally can guess — it’s the arrival of my precious little boy, just over […]

And now, the waiting…

posted on 06/15/2009

So there are just under two weeks left until the official due date for our first child, which I have learned is a fairly arbitrary date determined by a German guy in the late 1800’s who decided that a pregnancy should be “10 moon months.” So, according to the obstetric wisdom that follows, sometime between […]

I Want Happiness Insurance

posted on 05/19/2009

Since we are now expectant parents, MDH and I decided recently it was time to grow up and get life insurance. I have to say, there’s something a little morbid and scary about the concept of life insurance, and it’s not easy to talk about the life of yourself, and especially the one you love […]

The Nest and Beyond

posted on 05/04/2009

For the second time in 3 years, we have wrens nesting in the planter just outside our front door. This means that I had to scrap my early spring plans of putting ivy in the shady planter, but it’s totally worth it. Two years ago, we called our feathered visitor “Gertie the Birdie,” (we’re sort […]

I have nothing to write and I am writing it….

posted on 04/21/2009

with apologies to John Cage* So, the light at the end of the tunnel is growing brighter for me and my crazy schedule. The stressful (and expensive) chaos I talked about in the last entry has mostly subsided, and one-by-one I’m checking things off my list. So, in between things, I’m delighted to return to […]

The Hidden Costs of Spreading Yourself Too Thin

posted on 03/24/2009

So it’s a little embarrassing to look back at my blog history and realize that I’ve only put up one tiny post in nearly two months… And it’s even more embarrassing to have to confess that — even though I am constantly preaching balance and stress management to my clients and friends — the main […]