I’m totally that mom these days. I’m the one who sighs when you ask me how I am, and then I say, “busy! crazy! but good!” Then I run, literally run, to my next thing. Sadie asked me this morning if I have a meeting tonight. “Nope, I’m with you.” I told her. “Yay!” she…
Archives for January 2011
olive oil and sherry pound cake
The children are rebelling. They say, “no more soup, mom!” and I say, “tough cookies.” Soup is what we’ve got, and after all that’s what I went to all the trouble for, freezing buckets and buckets of soup so that right now, when the book was almost done and all I was making was pudding…
teaching peace
Yesterday, Joey woke up with a very clear mission.In Denver every year there is a march on Martin Luther King Day. Every year of his childhood, and every year that he has been in Denver, Joey has been at that march.Yesterday he wanted to honor the day with the girls. He searched for some way…
and I've been meaning to tell you
Okay, here are my boots. Today, I was driving up to school to pick up the ladies for dance class. I was on a particularly Ethan Frome-ish slice of road (right before I actually pass Edith Wharton’s house) and the snow banks must have been 8 feet high on either side of the road. It…
and I’ve been meaning to tell you
Okay, here are my boots. Today, I was driving up to school to pick up the ladies for dance class. I was on a particularly Ethan Frome-ish slice of road (right before I actually pass Edith Wharton’s house) and the snow banks must have been 8 feet high on either side of the road. It…