Weekend of the fishes
My 10-year-old tends to develop obsessive interests. For a while it was the oldest people in the world. Then it was the top-grossing movies. There …Read More
Category Archives: Planning
Judging a weekend by the right standard
Weekends have been rough of late. The 2-year-old's sleep is disordered (still), which means that staying up remotely late is a recipe for trouble. He …Read More
Lux Aeterna
This was All Souls Sunday, and the chamber choir I recently joined performed Faure's Requiem during the service. It was quite an experience -- quite …Read More
Weekend and life updates
I wrote last week that I was crashing toward my next book deadline. I am happy to report that I turned in my manuscript around …Read More
Fitting it all in — the long weekend report
Our school district gives days off for Rosh Hashanah, so we just finished a 4-day weekend. In my last blog post, I wrote about our …Read More
Friday miscellany
I have been watching (mostly via Twitter) Hurricane Irma's progress toward Florida. We don't get too many hurricane experiences here in PA, but we've had …Read More
Long weekends with small children are not relaxing, and other truths about parenting
We just survived a 3-day weekend. While 3-day weekends imply relaxation, for our demographic it implies three days with no school or other such breaks. …Read More
Friday post: Deconstructing the week (plus my blog vacation)
I am on vacation next week and will not be blogging much (if at all). Try not to miss me too much :) Some ups and …Read More
Planning the fall activity schedule
Yesterday, my 7-year-old tried out for, and made, a competitive swim team around here. It's the same one the 10-year-old is on. After he was …Read More
Cheez-its for breakfast: Parenting and the fourth child
I would never claim to be the super-mom type. I have never made my own baby food, or fretted much about the material of my …Read More
