I am avoiding something. I sweep the floor, and I stop for an early lunch. I scroll through Facebook. I stop at the health food store and spend ten minutes spraying healthy (?) perfume samples into the air in aisle one. I decide to bring my girls back with me; I need more available arms on which ... Read More about Avoidance
Adults behaving badly
When we moved to Switzerland four years ago, my kids hadn't reached the point where sports were an ordinary part of our lives. They reluctantly participated in whatever athletic endeavor struck my fancy when I received the local YMCA registration. Usually, my choices revolved around nap times and ... Read More about Adults behaving badly
Five Minute Friday: Willing
Hello, Friends. Welcome back for another Friday spent with Lisa-Jo and the Five-minute crowd. Today, we're taking five minutes to write on the prompt Willing. Do you have five minutes to write, read, or both? Why don't you join us? 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no ... Read More about Five Minute Friday: Willing
On Lent and the practice of yelling
Lent snuck up on me this year. The stacked drifts of snow fooled me into thinking we live in Narnia where it is always winter, and the pleasures and practices of spring will never arrive. The idea of new life, of resurrection, feels distant. Even more so, Lent, which I never observed as a child ... Read More about On Lent and the practice of yelling
Titans
With a storm called "Titan" bearing down on the Northeast, I did the unthinkable. I promised, no, I assured my kids they wouldn't have school Monday morning. You can imagine how the morning unfolded when we woke up to nary a snowflake and a full day of school ahead. It put another chink in the ... Read More about Titans
February in review
Every month, I want to join the "What I'm into" online crowd. Or the "Things I like now" club or the "My latest finds" group. Whatever you want to call it, I want to be a part. Then I remember that I have three children in three schools with a ridiculous number of extra-curricular activities, and ... Read More about February in review
