Last week, my mother sent me an e-mail directing me to an article she had posted on Facebook. Ironically, the whole day went by before I had a chance to read it. Once I did, I knew I wanted to write about it and then, ironically a bunch of days went by before I even […]
Read more“This is the very important practice. Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself. When you are carried away with your worries, fears, cravings, anger, and desire, you run away from yourself and you lose yourself. The practice is always to go back to oneself.” -Thich Nhat Hanh
Read moreI recently discovered Raluca at What Would Gweneth Do when she was featured at one of my favorite spots, A Design So Vast. Recently Raluca wrote a post titled, In This Moment. I hope she believes in the adage ‘flattery is the best compliment’ because I am going to borrow her post because I liked […]
Read moreThe same pile of books has sat on my bed side table since we moved a year and a half ago. My current reads come and go but this pile of books has remained. Today, I picked up one, brought it downstairs and read. I have read Anna Quindlen’s Being Perfect a few times but […]
Read moreHere is my last quiz from Big Picture’s Quizapalooza.. Where are my ancestors from? England. In 1620. Total Mayflower story. I think this is pretty cool now but I used to find it so boring when I was little. Any time we had to do a project that involved our ancestors, people would be so […]
Read moreNovember is Picture Book Month! Please be sure to visit the Picture Book Month website to hear from authors, illustrators and picture fans about why they each think picture books are important. This year, Caroline leaves for school long before Katherine. I hadn’t realized how much this would change the pace of the morning but […]
Read moreThis weekend there was a fascinating article in the New York Times titled, A Natural Fix for A.D.H.D. Embedded within the article were some truly startling statics about the rise of A.D.H.D in our society. For example, “The lifetime prevalence in children has increased to 11 percent in 2011 from 7.8 percent in 2003- a […]
Read more“There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.” -Buddah
Read moreMy latest review is up at Great New Books. Please stop by and see what I thought about Lily King’s Euphoria. And we were lucky enough to have the author sign a copy of her book for us so we have a give away running at the site as well. If you haven’t had a […]
Read moreI recently started reading 100 Essays I Don’t Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theatre by Sarah Ruhl. Ruhl is a playwright and as such, her writing focuses on play writing which is not a topic I typically think all that much about. I picked […]
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