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Good morning from the beach and my vacation where it is….raining. Not just sprinkling, either, but seriously pouring, day and night, and it’s not supposed to let up until….the [...]

1. What is it about this time of year? It makes me so nostalgic, in all the good and bad ways. I was just driving home, watching the leaves fall, and the Cure came on the radio. Just like [...]

It’s already 4:30? Really? I don’t know where the time goes these days. It’s like we hit September and the universe moves everything into warp speed. My calendar is packed, my [...]

I was all ready to take a break from Sunday night blogging. We were having a hot dog party with friends (one of our finer traditions) I was busy, and due to toddler recovering from yet another [...]

1. The word on the street—which is to say, Twitter—is that Oprah has picked Jonathan Franzen’s new book, Freedom, for her book club. This after the whole kerfuffle when she [...]

Regular readers will remember that occasionally—as in, when I’m lacking any ability to do a cohesive entry–I will pose questions that are currently on my mind. Are they [...]

It’s the end of the weekend and I’m feeling a serious sense of the Sundays. Thankfully, there is something to look forward to: the Video Music Awards. (What, you thought I was going [...]

I’m on my way out the door, with some free time for once (and of course, it’s so rare I have no idea what to do with it) but first I decided to read the comments on yesterday’s [...]

1. After a week of transitions, I feel like we are finally—sort of–getting settled into a routine. Preschool’s going well (maybe next week, I’ll stop holding my breath) I [...]

Today is Tuesday, but it feels like the biggest Monday EVER. I could sense it at 6:00 am this morning when I first got up: the world was getting back to school today. And by back to school, I [...]