Gently Down

I have a friend who’s constantly trying to get me to go back to work. She sends me job openings and tells me I’m too creative to waste my talents. She has a kid Reed’s age. She’s not the only one, but she’s the most persistent. When I have weeks like last week, I need [...]

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Have you ever had one of those days. You could draw the chart of your frustration and it would look like the climbing of Mt. Everest, a couple of moments where you were able to regain your position, only to lose it again. That has totally been my morning. I’m not sure it’s recoverable at [...]

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Today I took Reed and Thrace to pick up our CSA veggies and fruit. We took the Metro and walked through the underground tunnels that constitute this area, which Reed loves to do and is usually pretty good for. It’s also a great, fun way to burn off energy and entertain him for a couple [...]

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My strongest belief currently: that the pauses matter as much as the events.

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There’s been this idea rattling around in my head for awhile, throughout most of my pregnancy and getting stronger as El’s birth approached. I believe it was Emily Bazelon of Slate who planted the idea in the first place, but it always feels like an idea that’s innate in each of us, but inexpressible with [...]

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Reed just said “K.” He listens to four songs sung by Ernie for bedtimes, his favorite being “Dee, Dee, Dee” which he recently told me is for Daddy (in the way that he tells me things, not really in a way that most people would understand). I’ve been telling him that M is for Mommy [...]

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Why do some people have a huge problem with thumb-sucking? Where do you stand on the divide?

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So the bike ride didn’t work so well, but I think we’ve learned some valuable lessons. First, it is a bad thing to try new things right before nap time. Second, it is a good idea to make sure Reed can comfortably sit all the way up in a helmet (we will be adding a [...]

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Forgive me while I wax geeky and continue to go on about values. I promise to find something new to discuss next week. We went to Boston last week and values, and the misguided values I received from my family, have been on my mind. I am doing my best not to (unfairly?) categorize my [...]

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Reed is nine months old. I really can’t believe how fast the time has flown by. Sometimes it’s tough, sometimes it’s, well, I don’t want to say “EASY,” but it’s really is sometimes; it is ALWAYS wonderful. I think it’s time now, however, that I admit that the only thing I can be right now [...]

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Photo by: A Hermida For the past week I’ve been thinking about how judgmental I’ve become as a mom. I’m not the only one who is, and I’ve been wondering why. An article by Hanna Rosin, The Case Against Breast-Feeding started it off. I was furious reading this article, I was seething and almost couldn’t [...]

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; } .flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Do As I Say, Not As I Do, originally uploaded by Madison Guy. Confirmation Bias and Cognitive Dissonance have always been two of my favorite psychology concepts. Over the years [...]

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Into the Wild by Sean Penn This was a beautiful movie. I was amazed that, contrary to reviews I’d read and heard, I ended up really disliking the subject. He misinterpreted so much great reading! But watching someone make these mistakes and seeing the grief of family and friends really hit a nerve and turned [...]

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I’ve been tagged by my friend jay. The rules: 1. Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog. 2. Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself. 3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs 4. Let each person know they [...]

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I love the idea of Wikipedia. I trust, perhaps at my own peril, the basic goodness, intelligence and truthfulness of people as a mass. Sure, there are people out there who want to mess with things (*cough* Colbert), but there are too many people out there who care to see things done right. This weekend [...]

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J(h)aiku. Just another form of bad poetry. But also a way to get me to post. You can also see how far I’m running at http://runlog.media.mit.edu/users/profile/491. I’d love a site that’s as simple as this program with an rss feed, but I prefer the simplicity to the rss. Priorities, you know. Yoga-ing again. And lifting [...]

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Code Monkey Dance This was so me in high school and college. Definitely made me smile, and I hope it makes you smile, too. I haven’t forgotten my promise, only where I’ve left the cord to my camera…

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; } .flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Here There Be Dragons, originally uploaded by random_squeegee. I “missed” yesterday. Only I didn’t because I spent a good deal of time writing this entry. But now it doesn’t look [...]

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; } .flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Magical Birthday Spider, originally uploaded by Bohemian Delilah. So, I’ve decided to start writing for at least 1/2 hour each day. Can’t decide whether photos count in that. But, tonight [...]

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This movie was UNBELIEVABLE! SOOOO good. Seriously need to watch it again, as they all talk so fast in words I don’t always catch. If you love Film Noir you will most likely love this movie. Even without seeing noir, like my husband, you will most likely love this movie. ARG! It’s impossible to talk [...]

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