Weekend report: Eras and entertainment
My big adventure this weekend was going to the Taylor Swift concert in Philadelphia! My eldest and I went to celebrate his 16th birthday. (Side note: …Read More
Tag Archives: family
Mother’s Day (observed)
I’m hoping this little life hack comes in time for some folks to act on it! Reader Lori Croall wrote me a few months ago with …Read More
The 2022 Fall Fun List
There is something gratuitously glorious about fall in places full of deciduous trees. Spring flowers make sense — attracting pollinators and the like. But fall …Read More
It’s Labor Day — here’s how I did on the Summer Fun List
With the kids starting school this week, it’s time to revisit the Summer Fun List. This is the list I make every summer with all …Read More
Good book club discussion questions + kid bedtimes
I am in the process of pulling together discussion guides for people reading Tranquility by Tuesday. For folks who want to work through the book …Read More
Report on Mommy Day #3
For my Mommy Days this summer (part of my Summer Fun List) I've generally been doing less ambitious things. But my oldest had asked for …Read More
Mommy Day #1, 2022 edition
Now that it is August, I'm working through my Summer Fun List with some intention and urgency. One of the biggest remaining question marks was …Read More
TBT Scorecard: Little adventures, if not big ones
I have been tracking my time for a great many years. One of the quirks of the calendar is that you wind up repeating the …Read More
Bigger kids, new morning routines
Driving kids to camp is something of a pain, but it is nice that our entire morning has moved later. The older kids can sleep …Read More