If you’re a parent, you’ve probably heard a lot of talk lately about the “summer slide.” Basically that’s when kids go on summer vacation and lose some of the academic progress they’ve made during the previous school year. But it seems that my kids aren’t the only ones in my house who need to continue […] Read more…
Writer’s Block
I HAVE WRITER’S BLOCK. Not the kind of writer’s block that makes you crazy for a day and then disappears with a good bottle of wine. Not the kind of writer’s block that gets you stuck on one project but allows another to flow freely. Not the kind of writer’s block that you can just brush […] Read more…
Top 10 List of My New Year’s Resolutions
I read once that the average date Americans abandon their New Year’s resolutions is February 17. Hmm, those declarations of life-changing goals don’t seem to last very long. Yet we continue to make those resolutions year after year, setting personal goals as if buying a new calendar is sufficient motivation to attain them. I’ve never […] Read more…
Uninspired
I woke up this morning and realized I didn’t have a blog post planned. I usually take the weekends off and then have plenty to write about for Monday’s blog post. But today, I’m uninspired. I used to blog every day. Then I tried for 5 days a week. Now I’m lucky if I post […] Read more…
Indecision Part II: Writing
Last week I wrote about my indecisiveness as it related to my career (or lack thereof). But there’s another area of my life that’s affected by my indecision: writing. My academic degrees are completely unrelated to writing. But I have always loved the art of the written word and hoped that someday I could pursue […] Read more…
Wife on the Roller Coaster Meets Mamapedia
Over the weekend, a great website called Mamapedia published one of my posts. (It’s actually a blog post from a while back that I tweaked a bit.) I planned to just give you the link to visit, but the formatting on the website is off. Because I didn’t want you to think that I’m incapable […] Read more…
