If you tuned in last Thursday, you know that this weekend Dave and I attended our 20thclass reunion at Penn. My biggest takeaway: As we age, we become more true to ourselves. Each year, we shed additional layers of pettiness, insincerity and façade, making the reunion process more efficient and enjoyable all around. We don’t [...]
“Stash” means different things to different people. To my mother, a stash was her collection of quilting fabric, neatly sorted and stored in colored plastic boxes. To certain burned-out people in college, a stash was their collection of buds and leaves, carefully divided out on an open double-album. To a squirrel, a stash is a [...]
Today I am hopping on the Momalom bandwagon and participating in Five for Ten where a group of bloggers write about similar subjects for 10 days. I am a little late to the game and I hope they will forigve me but the quality of the bloggers who are writing is just too high not to want [...]
One of my mom’s favorite expressions was to say that someone “lies like a rug.” One of our old babysitters used to say to my boys, “The one thing I will NOT tolerate is for you to tell a lie.” She would prod them with “Are you FIBBING to me?” Whenever I overheard something [...]
The month of May brings with it an endless stream of field trips, art shows, school celebrations and music recitals. Last night we were treated to Chase’s Spring Band Concert. Tonight, we will enjoy Noah’s Band and Chorus Extravaganza. I am extremely relieved that I am in town all week and will not miss a moment [...]
Mother’s Day dawned bright and sunny, but cold. How chilly was it? For once I didn’t have to say to my children, “Put on a sweater, I’m cold.” In solidarity with me, they also donned extra layers yesterday. And I’m pretty sure it was truly for their own comfort as well. Ian and Hugh [...]
Yesterday Noah went on a field trip to New York City. The Big Apple. The City the Never Sleeps. The Top Terrorist Target in the Country. Did I say that out loud? You bet I did. I was already primed to be a little wigged out. Months ago when they were asking for chaperones, I [...]
Yesterday morning, driving back from the gym, I was flipping through the radio dial when I happened upon a surreal piece of real-life radio theater. A woman named Tanya had phoned in to a DJ named Chio, who runs a feature called War of the Roses. Tanya was worried that her boyfriend James was, perhaps, maybe, straying. [...]
Remember when you first started caring about how you looked in public. I was a teenager and suddenly it became important to wear the right clothes, have the cool haircut, and maintain a high level of personal grooming. I showered every day – sometimes twice a day. When I woke up in the morning, I [...]
Inspired by a middle-aged woman spotted at a gas station near the New Jersey turnpike, I am planning to get a tattoo. This woman had one on her neck. When necks get crepey, cover the wrinkles with gothic printing. People will be so busy reading your neck, they won’t notice that your neck is no longer [...]
