Springtime in Paris (part 1)
I’m back at home today after a spring break trip to Paris. I took my three older children and we left Friday night, arriving Saturday …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Planning your summer
Hello everyone! Just popping in from spring break to publish a quick post on this week's Best of Both Worlds podcast. Sarah and I talked …Read More
Out-of-office
I'll be taking the next week off for Spring Break. I may be able to pop in here to post about the Best of Both …Read More
When plans don’t stay planned
I created quite the summer camp spreadsheet over the past few weeks. I didn't start quite as early this year as some years but I …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Our finite lives with Oliver Burkeman
Any given day can seem quite long (ask me about yesterday from 5:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.!). And yet our whole lives are just a …Read More
Quitting a book for now….
I spent some time this weekend reading Cold Mountain. I have been mostly enjoying the early part, particularly the description of the rural land around …Read More
Friday miscellany: Car line observations
I have spent a lot of time driving children around this week. This has led to various carline observations. The high school is, curiously, the most …Read More
When hours have to give what you ask of them
This has not been the most wonderful past few days. The current family logistics really requires multiple drivers. Our nanny is on vacation. My husband …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: What’s saving our lives right now
A few weeks ago, Sarah and I got together in person in Vero Beach, Florida. We recorded two episodes. Last week's was on retreats, and …Read More
Weekend family playdates
We had a couple over this weekend that we hadn’t seen since 2018. In the intervening years, they had a daughter who is almost exactly …Read More