It’s ten o’clock on a Saturday night and I’m leaning over the tub, my head coated in brown-green goop. The henna smells earthy and vegetative, like wet grass. It stains the white tub with mahogany grit when I wash it out, and makes my hair dry as a husk of corn. But it’s all worth [...]
Entries from July 26th, 2010
Beauty Shop Hotline on VPR
July 26th, 2010 No Comments
Click HERE to listen to my latest commentary on Vermont Public Radio. You can read a longer version on the next blog post, too.
Tags: beauty · Max and Ruby · vpr
Zoo Story
July 14th, 2010 1 Comment
By the end of the day, I’d lost it completely. My façade of patience had melted, and I trudged through the hot hordes of Saturday zoo-goers, wielding the black double stroller like a weapon. But taking the girls to New York City for the weekend was an ambitious plan. “Only people who aren’t New Yorkers [...]
Tags: anticipation · Bronx Zoo · Eckhart Tolle · New York · Parenting
Are You a Morning Person?
July 5th, 2010 No Comments
I’ve never considered myself a morning person, but motherhood has made me one. I am now useless after 9 pm, but if I get about six hours of solid sleep, I can wake up energized and eager for projects (provided the sun is shining). Today is supposedly a holiday, a day for schmoozing and sleeping [...]
Tags: motherhood · Productivity · Sylvia Plath
Magentic Poetry for Mothers
July 2nd, 2010 1 Comment
I’m vacuuming the kitchen floor when I see the word “WOMB” staring up at me amidst the cereal scum. It’s a piece of the “MOTHERHOOD MAGNETIC POETRY KIT” that I got for Christmas. The kit should have been a great fit, since I’m a mother and a (former) poet. But somehow I haven’t been inspired [...]
Tags: magnetic poetry · motherhood · Sylvia Plath