Guest post: Finding time for stories
Laura's note: Today we welcome Callie Feyen to the blog. Callie is a novelist, educator, and parent. She writes about what she learned from tracking …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Podcast: On putting in the hours when the kids are little
This week I experienced the main segment of the podcast as a listener, and not a participant. Sarah interviewed Rebecca Fike, a lawyer, exercise enthusiast, blogger …Read More
Thoughts from the season’s last wrestling meet
I am writing this from the hall outside the local high school's gym, where my 8-year-old has been wrestling all morning. This has been a …Read More
Friday miscellany: 500 words, and writing in general
On December 24, 2016, I went for a run. Over the next week or so, I managed to run every day. So then I thought, …Read More
Planning fatigue: It’s a thing
I will be honest: I am not loving February. The kids have been trading around a stomach bug. I have been feeling queasy for the …Read More
Podcast: Travel with kids — pain, pleasure, and everything in between
Whenever I hear people talking about how relaxing it is to go on vacation, and how important it is to get away from the stresses …Read More
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
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