Fall Break. Two words that will ice just about any working parent’s heart. After our myriad summer travels, I can’t take a week off work. Yet I’m not willing to not spend time with the girls. And so I’m cobbling together a schedule that will leave everyone lacking and me up all night, trying to […]
I am a believer in “third time’s a charm,” which is why I am not calling it quits on homemade candy corn. Yet. Last Friday I took a second pass at challah (braided egg bread). It looked better than the first attempt, which I burned, but was painfully dry> Hhow could I manage to make bread […]
This week, New Times published my first cover story in a year — the beginning of a series called “Lost Kids”. It’s the kind of story I used to write a dozen times a year. And yet, it’s not. I hate to admit that motherhood (particularly, mothering Sophie) has changed how I approach telling other […]
This morning was my first chance this school year to volunteer in Sophie’s classroom. I scurried around, dropping the girls at school then grabbing Starbucks for Miss Y (and Ms X, of course), and I’d just skidded to a stop at the school office and grabbed the volunteer book to sign in when I saw the school nurse. She had […]
This is Sophie, posing yesterday morning just before school. A happy first grader, to say the least. What could be more important than that? Yes, at this morning’s parent/teacher conference, I was happy (though skeptical) to hear that Sophie is reading at grade level — not at grade level for a kid with Down syndrome, […]
I’ve developed a bad habit, displaying negative parenting skills and possibly scarring my child for life. For the last month or so, almost every night, I’ve been letting Sophie fall asleep in my arms. I know I shouldn’t do it. I’ve always taken pride in the fact that my children can fall asleep on their […]
On Friday night, a lovely mix of artists, friends, family and total strangers crowded the small space where we had our show, Wonderland: Art from the Best of Phoenix 2009. (You’re cordially invited to the Third Friday party, where psych 101, the Phoenix Chorale and others will be performing.) Even Cake Lady showed up. I have to […]
Let the Halloween festivities begin….
We made it to the girls’ ballet classes this morning, and they are now — several hours later — in the bath. And that’s it for productivity. The house is a mess, my projects undone or not done. I don’t even have the energy to get the Halloween decorations out. True, I think I actually […]
If you are in the neighborhood tonight, stop by the merz project, 1437. N. 1st Street, for Wonderland: Art from New Times Best of Phoenix 2009. Milk and cookies will be served.
