Warning: The following post contains gross generalizations and may not apply to every husband. In fact, it could possibly apply to some wives. If so, I would love to hear from you. The back-to-school season brings with it a litany of parental tasks, almost all menial but nonetheless important to complete. Like many women of [...]
As I write, I’m listening to one of my favorite David Gray songs on my little purple iPod, and the title seems to be the perfect headline for today’s post about taking Ian to college last Thursday with Chris. Yes, I cried, but only at the very end of the day….and only when I looked at [...]
This summer when the boys were at camp Dave and I took the opportunity to clean house. We went deep into closets and drawers, pulling out all sorts of crap that has seen better days. And not all of it belonged to the kids. We found petrified food and enough pocket change to go out [...]
When Ian was two-and-a-half, and I was pregnant, Chris and I decided that our first-born needed to start preschool. After a short search of the nearby programs that did not reject those in diapers, we decided on a place in a church basement called Friendly Faces. I took Ian to check out the place. He seemed to like it OK, [...]
These days there is a great deal of talk about the loss of the “family dinner”. Pundits declare that families no longer sit down together for the evening meal at home – and that by missing this tradition, something important is lost. I can’t say I disagree with any of these assertions. My family sits [...]
After spending almost every day of every week of this summer at home, we’ve been rather peripatetic this month. Last weekend, Chris, Hugh, Malcolm and I lit out for a tiny hamlet in Virginia (Ian was still at his friend Freddy’s house in the Poconos). Our mission: to meet up with Chris’s friend Jamie from UVA, [...]
What I did to myself last week defies logic for a number of reasons. I am sharing my misfortune with you dear MoB readers so that you never suffer a similar fate. Chances are you won’t because by visiting MoB you have already proven yourself to be infinitely smarter than today’s author – i.e., me. [...]
We were on our way back from the St. Lawrence River last Saturday, but we weren’t delivering Ian to meet his friend Freddy in the Poconos until Sunday. What to do? To fill the gap, Chris had the great inspiration to plan an overnight trip that would take us to Ricketts Glen State Park. We had [...]
I find this time of year to be the most difficult of all the seasons. The talk of “Back to School” always makes my heart melt into a puddle of sad – but not for the reasons you might think. I am not bemoaning the end of summer vacation. Summer is actually really challenging for [...]
When you think of Victorian houses near the water, painted in a riot of pastel colors, you think of San Francisco, right? Or Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard. Both answers are correct, but there is a third American town that fits this description as well. It’s a place so idyllic, so perfect, it feels like a movie set. The [...]
