At the beach
I am on vacation until Labor Day, and while I thought I would have good Internet access, all I can use is the browser on …Read More
Category Archives: Time Management
Chunks of leisure, or why confetti is still OK
The kids are all taking swim lessons right now. Since we have a backyard pool, it’s more efficient to hire an instructor to come here …Read More
The Overwhelmed Review
My review of Brigid Schulte's book, Overwhelmed, ran over at City Journal's website this past weekend. The gist is that this is a perfectly sensible …Read More
The childcare dilemma: Working from home (or not) with minimal coverage
I worked from home today in the way that I know many parents do regularly. I had preschool hours, potentially nap time, and what I …Read More
What is the right amount to sleep?
I’ve been trying to figure out lately how much sleep I need. I used to assume I needed the standard 8 hours per night, but …Read More
Travel fun
When air travel is good, it is very good. My flight from Philly to Indy last Thursday took off at 8:04 a.m. and by 10:20 …Read More
Real Simple and the laundry
Real Simple magazine has been around for about 15 years, and there are only so many aspects of daily life to be simplified. So the …Read More
Can’t is a strong word
Grumpy Rumblings (of the formerly untenured) ran a post this week on “Things I want but can’t have until my children are older.” The list …Read More
Almost there…
The first tomato is almost ripe! And by July 4th this time, not Halloween, like last year. The heirloom varieties we planted last year were …Read More
Reflections on 3 years in Pennsylvania
We moved from our 2-bedroom apartment in NYC to our 5-bedroom house in Pennsylvania three years ago this week. On some level life is different …Read More