Three years ago, on the day Ian turned 17, we launched Mothers of Brothers. Today, 48 hours before Ian turns 20, I am bowing out. The timing just happens to work out to very neatly span three years, and has absolutely nothing to do with Ian per se. Fortunately, the blog will continue with Emily [...]
At the moment, I am: Happy to have received flowers, chocolate, and best of all, a home-made card for Mother’s Day from my boys. The cards they make and write themselves are way better than anything store-bought. Addicted to When the Killing’s Done. T C Boyle is so brilliant, and his writing is so dense, that [...]
Somehow, it has become possible for my “baby” to go to concerts in the city. With his friends. Late at night. With no adult supervision. The “ask” took place months ago, when the reality was somewhere in the far-off future. Chris and I gave Malcolm permission to go to a Pinback concert in Philadelphia, and bought the [...]
As Emily mentioned, those of us who were driving south two weeks ago were headed into a ferocious storm system. Given the killer tornadoes Alabama just endured, you have to wonder just what the heck is going on with the weather systems in this country. Our family’s plan was this. Start the college tour week [...]
We are back from Hugh’s Grand College Tour, Stage One. During Spring Break, we pointed the car south and visited schools in Virginia and Maryland. Having signed up for info sessions and gone on forced marches around 7 different colleges (each tour lasting an average of 90 minutes) we picked up some pointers, which I will now share [...]
As a follow-up to last week’s post about driving Hugh to school all too often, I’m happy to announce that yesterday I entered his room at 6:30 and said “Time to get up, Hugh, since you’re WALKING to school today.” And he did – he got up and he walked to school – cheerfully. And [...]
As the American system of public education has grown and evolved, it has developed some monstrous problems. Violence in inner city schools, unionized teachers who can’t be fired, falling test scores, funding cuts from the states, bullying in the hallways and in cyberspace, aging buildings that need constant renovation or replacement - the list of problems is overwhelming. [...]
I actually have not seen that Bette Midler movie all the way through, but I believe it also involves Barbara Hershey and one other actress, plus various revelations and sundry earthy jokes. This past weekend, I experienced my own version of Beaches. Three women, one gorgeous beach house, dozens of conversations, three restuarant meals, one new [...]
Hastily chosen and historically inaccurate photo illustrating ”British admiral.” In 2011, OMG was added to the Oxford English Dictionary Online. The first recorded usage of OMG was in a 1917 letter written by a British Admiral. Reported by The New York Times, March 27, 2011 Email From: Roderick TO: Abigail DT: March 30, 1917 RE: Random [...]
Hugh got his driver’s license yesterday! Third time’s a charm. I will spare you the details of the long, tedious wait next to the litter-filled scrubby hillside behind a grocery store, which is where cars line up for the test drive. The wait is usually an hour, so bring entertainment. I will also spare you [...]
