We have a lovely friend here in Mill Valley who is just six years old and dealing with leukemia. She and her family are extremely cool and wonderful and they’re managing a tough situation with unbelievable grace. The thing is, she’s going to need a bone marrow transplant and they haven’t found a match yet. …
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Family Files
File this one under Not Exactly What I Hoped To Hear: Me: Hey Honey, you’ve been doing a great job remembering to brush your teeth in the morning. She: Thanks! I think I like to do it because your toothbrush is nicer than mine. Me: Ahh, so you’ve been using my toothbrush? She: Yes! …
Before and After
We just love before and after shots here in the US, and the other night John Stewart and his team found some pretty good ones.
I Would Like You To Dance
Birthday! So last weekend I was leveled by a back-to-school virus. The nerve of it! On a long weekend! On my birthday! But lookee here – I didn’t just get a whopper of a cold for my birthday. I got flowers from my friend Alison. Gorgeous flowers that came in the mail. They’re stunning. …
First Day of School
How could the summer be over already?
The Summer Games
The Games are ON. After a series of crushing defeats, we have finally mounted a reasonable defense against my 8 year old Monopoly Magnate. She’s a quick, impulsive player, but Hot Wheels and I are holding our own by securing the railroads early and then acquiring Park Place and Broadway. She has a few …
Quest: The Ideal Bookshelf
We keep reorganizing our art/guest room. I’m crazy about this room, but it’s looking more and more likely that it’s a slightly above average room without any magical qualities whatsoever. So, out of my astronomically high list of requirements for the space, it will probably accommodate many of them gracefully, a few more with cajoling, …
More Vacation Thoughts
Before we went to New Hampshire, the kids and I had 11 days in Needham. The first couple of days were a bit surreal – we were all bowled over by the humidity. It was hot out here in June – unseasonably so. Up in the high 90’s, which is always a surprise when you’re …
Vacation’s Got It Together
There’s this incredibly sharp memory I have from back in middle school or so, of a grey slushy evening in winter, probably late February or March. My body was slumped over some eye-crossing homework assignment and I can still hear my old fluorescent desk light buzzing over the pages I had to finish before bed. …
Summer
Yay for summer. Here’s to making meals right before you eat them – no more lunches and snacks piled up on the counter every morning. Here’s to long bike rides. Here’s to the leafy cool library. Here’s to keeping the days long and lazy. Tom’s parents were out for a visit – they days truly …