Besides being unexpectedly busy in the work arena – which of course means less reading, less writing, and less other things I love (as compared to “rely on” (stupid paycheck)) [...]

KEEN:  "Ummm, babe?... someone just left a Halloween bag at our door?" ME (the diviner of all activities on our doorstep): "What?" KEEN (clearly suspicious):  "Yeah, someone just knocked on [...]

Oh my GOD, I'm having such a bad morning it has reached the ridiculous level.  Seriously, I am at a point where all I can do is laugh.  Let's review: [...]

I am still getting over this cold (and Sudafed doesn’t seem to act well as a creative-enhancement drug) so I’m going with a tried and true fallback – the weird [...]

I’m having a bit of a dilemma with TV lately. I’ve never been one of the parents who banned TV for my child. In fact, by the time I had [...]

“Bom bom BOM! Ba ba Bom BOM! Bom bom bom... ba bom.” My son humming the opening notes to “Smoke on the Water”. As he builds with his blocks, as he plays [...]

I’m feeling a little better about the whole biting incident. I mean, not better that it happened at all, but better in general. It helped tremendously to pick my son up from [...]

Today I hosted our small playgroup at my house and my son bit another child. I feel so mortified. He has never bit another child before. Me and his dad? Yes. Especially when he wasn’t [...]

I rarely talk about this but… I have a secret affair going on. I love office supplies! There is just something about them… the pens, the sticky notes, the various and sundry [...]