Weekend: Lyndhurst (+solo pool time)
My 13-year-old niece was here visiting us for the last week. On Saturday I needed to get her back to her family, who live in …Read More
Monthly Archives: June 2025
Early wake-ups, miscellany, sonnet
Today began very early. My two older boys needed to catch a charter bus to a competition in Nashville -- with the bus leaving at …Read More
I’m back! A quick France post
Good morning! I have not abandoned this blog. I just got back yesterday from 10 days in France with my church choir. We did four …Read More
Friday content round-up
I may be taking a break from blogging over the next week or so with some travel. So if you don't see any posts, that's …Read More
Various, mid-June edition
I guess one upside of blogging is that there's no need to string random thoughts into a coherent narrative. Today will just be a miscellany …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Fun for the whole family
Very few things are fun for the entire family. This is particularly true if you have a large age gap between your kids. Sarah's are …Read More
10 lessons from 10 years of I Know How She Does It
I like all my books. But I'm particularly fond of I Know How She Does It, my book about how professional women with kids spend …Read More
Friday round-up: Watching the weather
This will be a weekend where the schedule is highly dependent on weather. There are several outdoor kid activities on Saturday; rain will shift all …Read More
Two graduations
Yesterday featured not just one but two graduations. The 5-year-old graduated from his "kindergarten readiness" preschool program, and the 18-year-old graduated from high school. They were …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Preserving family memories with Vanessa Quigley
How do you capture family memories? In the past, people didn't take as many photos, but those that were taken tended to get printed up. Now, …Read More