My 4-year-old lives outside the world of Time. She’s the incarnation of the early philosophers who knew Time was an illusion, a human construct. Born into the present moment, Ava wants to keep living in the N0w– if only her mother would let her.
She wakes up and launches herself into a project– a homemade book [...]
Entries from February 28th, 2010
Hurry Up and Slow Down
February 28th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: Costa Rica · Mary Poppins · punctuality · The Power of Now · time
CAUGHT! Mommy and Daddy Go Out
February 24th, 2010 No Comments
Here’s the evidence of an actual DATE NIGHT two weeks ago. Life was good– thanks to an invite to a swank opening party at Fireworks Restaurant.
Jazz, sexy cocktails, garlicky treats, and good friends made for a fun evening. In Vermont midwinter, everyone’s thrilled to get out of the house. But no one was as happy [...]
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Vacation, All I Ever Wanted
February 22nd, 2010 No Comments
Here it goes. A week and a half with no school. All the moms are out and about with their kids, sledding at the park, walking around town.
Luckily for me, today was blazing sunshine and 40 degrees. Warm enough for no mittens. Warm enough to take off jackets. Warm enough to promise Spring in the [...]
Tags: school vacation · spring fever
Pink Flowers for Mommy
February 16th, 2010 1 Comment
My daughter is obsessed with holidays.
She still plays “Christmas Eve” with her sister, wrapping up dolls and toys in scarves and placing them under a “tree” made of chairs.
Just when I’m grooving in my New Year’s rhythm, the stress of December firmly regulated to the past, I hear a delighted scream: “Look, Santa’s sliding down [...]
Tags: holiday · mothering guilt · pink carnations · princesses · romance · Valentine's Day
On the Radio Again!
February 11th, 2010 No Comments
Hurray– I’m going to be on the radio again!
Tune into VPR tonight at 5:55 pm to hear my latest commentary, “Married, With Children.” You can also listen online at www.vpr.net.
If you miss the broadcast, I’ll post it on my blog later.
Yesterday I zoomed up the highway to Norwich, VT. The VPR studio is in the [...]
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Bad Luck Streak
February 2nd, 2010 No Comments
This isn’t superstition… I’ve become a bad luck magnet. Blame it on my Moontime, blame it on my bad mood, but negativity attracts negativity.
It’s the opposite of Oprah’s favorite book, The Secret, which (I think, since I’ve never read it) reveals that positive energy attracts positive. This is “the most powerful law in the universe.”
But [...]
Tags: bad luck · pink eye · PMS · The Power of Now · the Secret
Spilt Milk on the Radio
February 16th, 2010 No Comments
Here’s the link to my VPR commentary, “Married With Children,” which ran last week. Click on “Listen.”
Tags: commentary · radio · vpr