Surreality
In the fall of 2008, my husband and I spent a little over a week in India. One of our adventures involved staying near a …Read More
Category Archives: Free Time
ATM Book Club Week 8 (Chapter 7)
I'm running an informal book club devoted to All the Money in the World here on the blog. You can join at any time; there …Read More
ATM Book Club Week 6 (Chapter 5)
I'm running an informal book club devoted to All the Money in the World here on the blog. You can jump in whenever you like; …Read More
The not-so-secret life of billionaires
I got a kick out of Kevin Roose's feature in the New York Times on "Living Like a Billionaire, if Only For a Day." The …Read More
Is anything all-consuming?
Maybe I’m just sensitive, but I’ve been reading a fair number of acknowledgements in books lately that talk of book-writing as an “all consuming” process. …Read More
When it comes to happiness, “memorable” can trump “fun”
(Laura's note: this is a guest post of mine that ran on I Should Log Off, the blog of Danny and Jillian Tobias. Alert readers …Read More
Do good fathers go mountain biking?
Carrie left a comment on the "False choices" post last week noting that she had just such a false choice going on in her family. …Read More
How many minutes spent swilling Chardonnay?
Piggy-backing on Real Simple's women and time survey (blogged about here), the magazine's website has launched a "Women & Time" web feature where readers can …Read More
Got a minute? Yes you do.
The April issue of Real Simple features a long package on women and time. Based on a survey done for Real Simple and the Families …Read More
A blog post 4 years in the making
Oh yes, it’s Leap Day -- the extra 24 hours bequeathed on us by calendar creators due to the not exactly 365-day journey of the …Read More