Merry and bright: The 2024 Holiday Fun List
Christmas is exactly 5 weeks away! Thanksgiving is extremely late this year (the latest the fourth Thursday of November can be), which means that there …Read More
Category Archives: Free Time
First freeze last night — here’s how I did on the Fall Fun List
The temperatures dropped last night, and the trees are definitely looking bare. I think last weekend was the last really colorful one. On to winter! Back in …Read More
The 2024 Fall Fun List (+ a content round-up)
You knew it was coming after the Summer Fun List recap… I love living somewhere with four seasons. Winter is an acquired taste, and spring feels …Read More
It’s September — here’s how I did on the Summer Fun List
It’s been quite a summer! The last weekend didn’t go as planned, alas, but the summer on the whole was still good. In my mind …Read More
Back from the beach (+ sonnet)
I began a draft of this post from my beach bedroom — a bedroom I’ve spent 1-2 weeks in per year over the past 6 …Read More
Pool time/screen time
Like most modern children, my kids are into their screens. I've tried setting hour limits in the past, but it just becomes another source of …Read More
Midsummer check-in
I got a new phone in early June. Due to a complicated migration of my data, none of my apps automatically transferred. I decided to …Read More
NYC + attempting a “tri” day
I took a very quick trip into New York City yesterday to do a mid-day event at a law firm. I left my house at …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
The 2024 Summer Fun List
It’s that time of year again! Memorial Day weekend is coming up, and so I’ve been working on my summer fun list. This is the …Read More