Old School Posts

• Sitting with Strangers

  You pack your bag. Fill it with the things you will need: your skinny little computer, its plug, your wallet, your phone. You head out. You head out and you walk. You walk away. Away from home, that safe place, that happy haven. You walk city streets. You look down, at your feet, shuffling al

• Is Quitting Always Bad?

  Unless you've been living under a big, fat, sound-proofed rock, you know that Sarah Palin recently announced her decision to step down as Governor of Alaska. And, unsurprisingly, this move has triggered a maelstrom of criticism and controversy. Frankly, there are infinite variables to explore her

• Fear of the Known

  We humans often talk about fear of the unknown. We cower together at the idea of uncertainty, the reality of roads unseen. Change looms and we know this, but we are afraid of its implications. Who will we be? Where will we be? What we life be? Abstract enough for you? I have a point. (I think

• Fertile Thoughts

  It's Wednesday. My day with the girls. Yesterday was a bit of a beast. It started with a bris and it ended with a PA meeting at Preschool. In between, there was a music class and a lunch and a construction meeting and coffee with friends. Oh, and a flurry of solicited opinions on the new title o

• Tan Theft

  No, this is not me. But I am equally gorgeous and my face is perfectly symmetrical like hers. My eyelashes are just as long. And I can make this come-hither face too. For long stretches of time without laughing. In all seriousness, there is a lesson to teach you and this picture makes a perfe

• LAY Is the Final SheKnows Book Club Pick of the Year!

  Remember last week when I asked you a few million times to vote for me in a book club contest? Well, I am now officially at liberty to announce that -- thanks to all of you and your exquisite voting support -- Life After Yes is the final SheKnows Book Club pick of the year! The book club dis

• A Rough Week

  This week? It's been a bit rough. Physically, I've felt yucky. Mentally, I've been off. Existentially, I've been a disaster. On Monday, I was admitted to the hospital for an elective procedure to turn my baby. Yes, I know. That sounds weird. And it was weird. The short story is that the littl

• The Insecurity Line

  You are insecure. So am I. We all are. Just this weekend I got prime proof of this theory. First, fellow blogger and heretofore virtual friend of mine Nic wrote a story. It was, and is, a haunting account of a mother separated from her young child by a TSA agent while navigating the secur

• I Hate You

  Calm down. I don't hate you. I don't even know you. Or maybe I do. But still. I don't hate you. I don't think I even know what it means to hate something. So. No. I don't hate you. So. Yes. The title of this post was a bit of a cheap trick to provoke you into reading my prose. Did it work? Yes?

• BlogHer 2010!

  This will be short because I have a big day ahead of me. Two, in fact. As so many of you know, this is the big BlogHer weekend! Lucky for me, this year's blogging conference takes place in my backyard. Last night, I made my way to the Hilton where scores of fellow bloggers are staying for the we