My small people love it when low tide leaves a sandbar and what we call “pools†of water in the sand between the sandbar and the shore. So yesterday, when the boys got home from school, I announced that the pools were back and declared the afternoon a “no homework†afternoon. Usually, they get half an […]
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A Weekend in Washington, DC: Part Two
On the second day of our trip to Washington, DC, we were in the mood to do something else touristy, so we decided to visit the National Air and Space Museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution. It had been recommended to us by friends who had taken their two daughters there the day before, so […]
A Weekend in Washington, DC
This last weekend, we spent three days in Washington, DC. The first day, we went on what I’ve dubbed as The Second Coolest Tour Ever of the Capitol building. I’ve given it the second coolest status because I’m thinking that people like spouses of congressional leaders and other world leaders and hey, maybe even Obama […]
My Bequeathed Lipstick Case
For Christmas last year, my son gave me a lipstick case he had carefully selected at a temporary “store†his school set up so kids could purchase gifts for their parents with teacher supervision. It was adorable how excited he was to give it to me. Unfortunately, the case went MIA for a while, but […]
A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman by Lisa Shannon
Earlier this year, I noticed a book on a kiosk by my library’s checkout desk. All I can say is that I defy anyone with ovaries to walk by a book titled A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to be a Woman and not give pause. I suspect it can’t […]
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Mothering In A Swimsuit
Yesterday, I was at my salon getting my hair cut and highlighted when somehow the conversation turned to women’s swimsuits. This was actually part two of a conversation that began during my previous appointment. During part one of the conversation, my stylist and I both agreed that trying to be a good mother while on […]