Friday miscellany: Trees, heat, call for Qs
The (big) kids finished school last week, and I immediately took off with my eldest for NYC, so this week has felt like the first …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Persisting in the mushy middle
This year, I am doing two year-long projects. I am listening to all the works of Bach, and I am continuing to write two lines …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Summer struggles — bedtime, bathing suits, bugs, and beyond…
Summer is (almost) here and while I really love this season, it does present some unique challenges. That is the subject of this week's episode …Read More
Running in Central Park and other weekend adventures
In Off the Clock’s last chapter, “People are a good use of time,” I recounted bringing my eldest son to New York City for a …Read More
30 minute meals plus this week’s content
School is out! Two kids finished on Tuesday and two kids finished on Wednesday (the little guy has been done for a week). My husband …Read More
Kid sleep data
Emily Oster's Parent Data shared results from a new sleep study this week. She asked thousands of parents about their kids' sleep based on age. One …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Modern friendship with Anna Goldfarb
You're not imagining it. It really is more challenging to make and keep friendships in our mobile, digital, and often distracted age. But friendships are one …Read More
June weekend, plus a bit of a rant
Buckle in, because this is going to be a long blog post! Various end of year things are still going strong here, which made this a …Read More
Let your ideas ripen
Over the past week I read Scott H. Young’s new book, Get Better at Anything. This book is about various strategies for learning and improving …Read More
iPhone fun
I had various ideas of what I intended to get through on Monday morning while the 4-year-old was at preschool. But when I attempted to …Read More