A slow start to Monday…
We woke this morning to find out that the schools were delayed two hours. Ostensibly the reason is ice. I also got a call about …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Friday miscellany: I need a nap
So, after I wrote my post on learning to love winter, the 3-year-old got sick (a stomach bug, relatively mild, but still). I have been …Read More
Books read in January
Quite the mix this month. Here's what made it off the shelf (or onto the Kindle) in January: Braving the Wilderness, by Brené Brown I've seen Brown …Read More
Learning to love winter
A little over two years ago, I pitched a piece to Fast Company on ways to stay happy during winter. I intended to give advice …Read More
Podcast discussion thread: Make new friends, but keep the old…
There are several versions of a "dilemma" circulating in social media: Work, family, friends — pick two! Or sometimes we get work, family, friends, exercise, …Read More
The Art of Screen Time: Q&A with Anya Kamenetz
How much screen time should children have? Does it matter what kind of screen? And what about what they're doing on them: watching Daniel Tiger, …Read More
Friday miscellany
I am sitting in a hotel room in Canada and have an hour until I need to get my kids, so I thought I'd post …Read More
Back-after-maternity-leave hacks, from an evening with Lauren Smith Brody
Regular blog readers/podcast listeners will recall that Sarah and I welcomed Lauren Smith Brody as a guest on Best of Both Worlds a few weeks …Read More
Podcast: “Parenting is a creative act”
This week Sarah and I welcomed Leanne Sowul to the podcast (that link on her name takes you to her home page; please sign up …Read More
Fly, Eagles, fly… (weekend report)
I started writing this post while sitting at our local karate studio on Saturday as two of my kids took classes. I had a book …Read More