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Schedules

Posted in Mostly about parenting, Mostly about writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 30 April 2012 | 3 Comments »

All this past weekend I couldn’t stop thinking about schedules.  The word schedule comes from the Latin schedula or “slip of paper,” a diminutive of scheda, from the Greek skhedē, meaning “papyrus leaf.”  I like that its origins have to do with plants and paper — and writing. If you read my last post (Take [...]

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Take your twins to work — every day

Posted in Mostly about parenting, Mostly about writing, tagged , , , , , on 28 April 2012 | 2 Comments »

So April 26th was Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.  I missed it, but it doesn’t matter.  I never take my twins to work — they’re already there.  My twins and my work live in the same place: home. I’m a writer.  Less than twenty yards separate my workspace from their play-space.  Sometimes [...]

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Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Posted in Fashion (at least sort of), Mostly about (pop) culture, tagged , , , , on 26 April 2012 | 7 Comments »

Yesterday I took Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty out of my local library.  Last night I spent an hour slowly leafing through this amazing book. I am not a fashionista.  My look is beat — like, from the Beat Generation.  Jeans, t-shirt, boots.  Basic, but not sloppy.  Fitted, but not fancy.  I’ll wear a scarf or [...]

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Conversation vs. connection

Posted in Mostly about (pop) culture, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 24 April 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I’m always late reading through the Sunday New York Times.  Because I have 14-month-old twins, Sundays have become precious getting-things-done days (since my husband is home to take over the care of said twins).  I try to write on Sundays but I also do a lot of puttering around the house and a lot of [...]

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In praise of tea

Posted in Truly Miscallaneous, tagged , , on 22 April 2012 | 3 Comments »

I love tea.  My mom before me loved tea.  And her mom before her probably loved tea.  When I was in high school I’d come home and talk with my mom over a cup of tea before I went off to do my homework.  This wasn’t a formal tea — not a British crumpet-y affair [...]

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Mom insomnia

Posted in Mostly about writing, tagged , , , , , , on 20 April 2012 | 1 Comment »

Way back in November I read a New York Times article called Sleep Medication: Mother’s New Little Helper.  In November the twins were around six months old.  They were sleeping though the night and so was I. Dear reader, forgive me, but I thought the whole sleepless mom thing was kind of BS.  Not if [...]

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Why I like Game of Thrones

Posted in Mostly about (pop) culture, tagged , , , , on 18 April 2012 | 2 Comments »

If you’ve been watching Game of Thrones you’re only a bit of the way into the larger story.  If you’ve been reading the books you’re much further along.  But if you’re totally new to the series (book or HBO), don’t worry — I won’t include any spoilers in this post! A Game of Thrones (A [...]

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