Look who is one!
Believe it or not, a year has passed since kid #5 joined the crew. It was a quick labor, though more calm than the mad …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Writing the pandemic novel
Three years into the Best of Both Worlds podcast, Sarah and I have decided to take a divide and conquer approach on our guest interviews. …Read More
A wrap on Christmas
Well, we made it. The stockings bulged with wonderful trinkets, plus toothbrushes and toothpaste (a family tradition). The presents were unwrapped. Well, most! The baby …Read More
Merry Christmas anyway
I had noticed that the Christmas tree was leaning a bit. But with children helping to screw it in, and with the tree itself chosen …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: 2021 Goals
It's an annual tradition! Sarah and I are both big goal-setters, and so each year that Best of Both Worlds has been in existence we've …Read More
How we end things
(Laura's note: This essay ran as my weekend "Week's Worth" newsletter. If you're not a subscriber, you can sign up here.) I published the first episode …Read More
Shopping in my own home
My office is stuffed with wrapped presents right now. It feels like a ludicrous number, though much of this is a function of family size. …Read More
One week a month
When the pandemic started, we didn't know how long it would last. People figured out how to work from home with the assumption that eventually …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Lessons learned in 2020
We are deep into year-in-review time, so Sarah and I decided to take a "lessons learned" approach to our 2020 retrospective. This has been a …Read More
Celebrating virtually
What is the purpose of a celebration? In the past, I'm sure many of us would have said something along the lines of "bringing people …Read More