Posted in Family, Inspirational on Aug 29th, 2008
For a 3-month period between March 29 and July 1, 2008, I gave up on blogging. Not permanently, of course. But other activities and obligations piled on one after another, ceaselessly demanding my attention. Something had to give. My muse, rejecting the argument that sleep is an overrated luxury, finally rebelled; I cracked and took […]
Posted in Hurricanes on Aug 21st, 2008
Dear Fay, You tricky, tricky storm. Perhaps I was too hasty in my judgment of you. Yesterday, I called you overhyped. Today, you retaliated with something that actually resembles weather. Your torrential rains have flooded many areas on this wet, blustery day, including my own back yard. Schools, which finally re-opened this morning (ironically on […]
Posted in Hurricanes on Aug 20th, 2008
Dear Tropical Storm Fay, I know it’s not your fault, but you are a symptom of all that is wrong with our storm obsessed local media, who like to hype non-events like yourself and then wonder why no one takes the warnings for the real storms seriously. Because of you, my kids have needlessly lost […]
Posted in Family on Aug 18th, 2008
I think I have the most disobedient kids in the world, because never once have they heeded my admonishments to stay little forever and stop growing up. The latest act of blatant rebellion? Noah stepping onto the school bus for his first day of kindergarten. A mother can surely be forgiven for tearing up at […]
Posted in Family on Aug 4th, 2008
For all the math competitions I took part in during high school and all the math awards I won, there is one mathematical tidbit I must claim ignorance on. I do not know what the last number is. I’m sure it is infinitely more than my feeble mind can comprehend. But according to my son, […]
Posted in Family on Aug 1st, 2008
This week Maia added a new favorite to her repertoire of summer camp experiences. Rock climbing. I did not know such a summer camp existed, but it turns out that we have an indoor rock climbing facility practically in our own back yard, and they do, indeed, host weekly camps. But there was a hitch. […]
