It’s the final stretch of summer: August, the month in which boredom crescendos and humidity settles into the corners of my house, exposing odors that are decades old. Last week we woke up to a bat in the corner of our bedroom. He’d been circling our sleeping heads until our cats woke us up chasing… Read More The Final Stretch of Summer
It’s an impossibly beautiful morning. The back door is wide open. I’m supposed to go on a walk with my husband to loosen up my sore muscles and his creaky back, but right now he’s reading the sports page so I have a few minutes to indulge in me-me-me-time. Waltz promised she’d read my grocery… Read More The Short List
It’s the last day of summer vacation for all kids in JCrewviille. Weeeeee!!!! Next week I take back the house. No more scrambling to feed the neighborhood kids. No more black feet and bloody scabs. No more exhausted crying spells from back-to-back sleepovers. Yet no more lazy mornings sipping coffee with… Read More Ending Summer
School is out. Thank god. I can’t take any more crazy school-mom mania. The overachieving moms get me all worked up with their uber involvement and super fabulousness. The closer we get to the last day, the harder they organize, schedule, and plan. I am so not made that way, and I get really grumpy… Read More Some Summer Things to Do
Small Town. Small Times. 