I was thinking about when I’d get a chance to post today, and realized, cliché-monster that I am, that there’s no time like the present. Specifically, the part of the morning immediately after my family departs and the house is super-quiet and I drink my tea, surf the net, and generally feel blessed by solitude. [...]
I’ve decided that Sundays don’t count in my 30 Hour Day project, for many reasons, not least of which are that I stayed in bed until 8:30 this morning, and in my pajamas until 11, when I cleaned up and made some soup for friends who came over with their kids and lounged around (moms [...]
I am sitting in my kitchen with the kids, who are watching a Scooby Doo video (hey, it’s Friday afternoon, and they’ve had plenty of skiing and sledding, and we’re all fried.) My legs are sore from spinning, and my brain hurts from all the different writing projects in which I find myself immersed. But [...]
What are the things you wish you’d accomplish, but don’t make time to do? For me, it’s : organize my office (a beautiful space piled like a storage locker with paper and paper and kiddie crap); figure out how to have horses (at least an hour and a half a day commitment); work out nearly [...]