Standing in the dressing room at Marshall’s the other day I tried on the cutest little top. Looking into the dressing room mirror I was horrified to see that the stark florescent lights illuminated a small patch of dimpled skin on both of my biceps. Years ago, I decided to accept gracefully the cellulite that […]
In one week I’ll be leaving to begin a media project out of the country that’s related to my professional job as a cat behaviorist. I will be gone for a few weeks and I’ve been trying to prepare Gracie and Jack for my absence. I have hired a nanny, arranged for all kinds of […]
Kae’s brain is best if not left unoccupied. On our recent 9 hour trip to Chicago, I was relegated to the back seat so that my father-in-law could act as co-pilot. This effectively thwarted any of David’s and my usual philosophical debates of life, liberty and the pursuits of happiness we always partake in on […]
Kae and I spent a wonderful weekend signing books at a baby shower expo. In addition to meeting soon-to-be moms, new moms, grandmothers, dads and lots of kids, we had the opportunity to do lots of people-watching. The first thing I noticed was that several moms-to-be these days really celebrate and enjoy how much their […]
Back in the 1980’s when I diligently hauled my on-again, off-again pregnant self to accounting classes it never occurred to me that I was setting myself up to be abandoned by my family in the future. Who would have thought that by the very choice of these seemingly innocent classes in the course catalog I […]
I have had enough of the wildlife around our house lately. Apparently I had been living in my own little bubble as I had thoroughly enjoyed watching the birds, the deer and bunnies munch away in my backyard. For the most part, it has been a Disney-like experience as I would sit on my back […]
In May on 2013 David and I are going on the second of our “bucket list” trips to Machu Picchu. I have made it my mission not to go to another Spanish-speaking country armed with the only two phrases of Spanish I know—which are how to order a beer and how to ask where the […]
