you shouldn’t abandon your friend at 2 am in a tattoo parlor if you don’t want to hear about it for the next ten years
Mom’s First Tattoo
“Remember: no one’s watching,” and other lessons from 50+ half marathons
This year I accomplished my personal goal (the one I co-opted from my better half) of completing 50 half marathons before my 50th birthday with the Bridge of the Gods Half Marathon in August. This was over a period of about 12 years (the overall goal, not that one run), with the majority of the events […]
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It’s just better for everyone that we know our limits
I’m not really a lot of help with house projects, which is okay because we don’t do them often. We’ve always known we’re not “house project people” and are (or …. at least one of us is) entirely comfortable with that. We are the kind of people who would call professionals to change out light […]
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Why I don’t get to write the ad for Craig’s List
For Sale: Large, rustic-looking headboard with a story. Well, not really a story, story, as in: lovingly-hewn-of-ancient-willow-by-handsome-woodsman-for-his-beguiling-bride kind of story. Nothing so dramatic. There is a story, just a tad humbler. I’ll get to that in a minute. Said headboard is a handmade item, with slight imperfections and irregularities, and I’ll be honest, it’s a […]
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The Sublime Four Percent
Earlier this week, I was walking the dog and I came across the house of my new favorite neighbor. I don’t know if he does this every year for Halloween, just started this year, or maybe someone new moved in and is distinguishing him or herself as the new neighborhood Halloween master. I’d never even […]
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This could be uncomfortable for all of us
I have a story for you guys, but first, it’s only fair to warn you. You may think you’re visiting what seems like a mild-mannered, sometimes goofy lifestyle/parenting/whatever-it-is blog, but you could be unwittingly putting yourself in the middle of some company you might normally avoid. Or maybe not. Maybe you do keep this kind […]
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Day trips to Baden and Vienna and the view from a doorway
After a couple days of getting Jack situated in his new digs in Wiener Neustadt, we had some time for sightseeing. We’d contacted Hanna, a former exchange student who lives with her family in nearby Baden bei Wien, a spa town famous for its hot springs. Baden is a short train ride from Wr. Neustadt, […]
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Moving my kid abroad and practice in managing my expectations – our first two days in Austria
I don’t ever remember being that little girl who envisions her wedding. I don’t remember setting any particular expectations of parenthood, or thinking about what my first house might look like. There is one little daydream I have long entertained, though, without really ever thinking about it: that of our kids going to the same […]
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This might be the hardest
For someone who has such a crappy memory, I remember pretty vividly that time I was late in my third trimester with our first son, feeling ginormous and crabby. Summer was coming, friends were gathering for an outdoor concert in the lovely late spring weather and I, too tired to go out, bloated, with a […]
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Realistic Recipes for College Students
It’s mid-summer and time to face facts: we have a kid bound for college in the fall, and I have some things to do to prepare. He’s not going to be close, either. He won’t be coming home on weekends to eat home-cooked meals or do his laundry. In fact, he won’t be able to […]
