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Birthdays come and birthdays go 11 Aug 2013 | 02:32 pm
This morning it was just me and Jacob, his brother away still, at camp; his father off at a comic convention in Chicago. When he woke up at the ungodly hour of 6:30, I plopped down next him on the so...
On brevity being the soul of wit, and all that rot. 4 Aug 2013 | 02:26 pm
Flying home from BlogHer13 in Chicago If you know me, you know I tend to be "long form." What I usually call a post, most sane bloggers without perfectionism / obsessiveness and time management issu...
They go to 11! 4 Aug 2013 | 01:27 pm
Summer 2013: Ethan, off to camp! Summer 2013: Jacob, waiting for the school bus! Today my boys officially become Tweens! (Though, truth be told, Ethan has seemed like one for some time now.) Eleven...
Telling stories 22 Jul 2013 | 01:51 pm
"Tell me a story about yourself, Mommy, tell me about you, Varda," Jacob asks at dinner the other night. And although he only listens to the first three words of my answer before he's on to his next ...
Fragments 15 Jun 2013 | 04:43 pm
Door, Upper West Side I have a new friend and I'm not telling her name but she is delightful and I am happy. This is a detail from her door. My walk through the city tonight feels like a stroll thro...
I Listened to a Bunch of Mothers (and some non-mothers and a cool dude) on Mothers Day 17 May 2013 | 04:33 pm
So, the second annual NYC Listen to Your Mother Show has come and gone. I would say it completely dominated my life for the past month, but that wouldn't be quite true. It had a lot of competition fr...
Goodbye, Uncle Walter 8 May 2013 | 02:29 pm
Mom & Uncle Walter, November, 2012 In case you've been wondering where I've been lately.... The day after my mother passed in January, my Uncle Walter got diagnosed with stage four, metastatic lung ...
Wordless Wednesday: Boys Spring Haircuts - 2013 Edition 24 Apr 2013 | 06:48 pm
Before haircuts - obviously As promised: photographic evidence from the boys spring haircuts a couple of weeks ago, before and after. And then even some fun together afterwards: goofing around on the...
Perspective, again 16 Apr 2013 | 04:07 pm
Photo by Lucky Tran via @illuminator99 I hate this. My heart is breaking. For my friends. For my family. For perfect strangers. For my country. I do not understand people who want to do this. ...
Autism awareness... acceptance... celebration... whatever Day 4 Apr 2013 | 02:06 am
Hi everyone. I should have a wonderful new post for you today about autism and my son Jacob. But I don't. Today is the final day of my sons' week and a half long spring break, and I've been too busy b...
