Old School Posts

• Ha

  I just got a fortune that said: You would make a good lawyer. 

• Permanent Girl

  This won't be very long because I know that 96% of you are stuck in a traffic jam somewhere on the continent and I don't want to waste my philosophic might and words on the rest of you. Sorry, Rest of You. Don't take it personally. Plus, you can only say so much about candy corn. Candy corn? Yes

• Unsweetened

  Last Friday, I spent time with three different newborns. Babies who belonged to my little sister and two good friends. The final stop on my Baby Crawl was Starbucks. My good friend and I sat at one of those small tables, sipping our caffeinated beverages of choice, while her darling girl slumber

• Sudden or Slow?

  If you are craving silly strokes and uplifting words, come back another day. I know I'm hard to pin down. One day, I talk about hairy omelets and the next, death. Yes, death. If you do not want to read about death, or think about it, click away. I won't be offended. Everyone seems to be dying

• Independence

  "Independence is happiness." - Susan B. Anthony "Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence." - Abraham Lincoln "It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but he great man is he who in the mi

• My Nanny Is Twelve

  Calm down. Nanny is not a pre-teen. But she did just join a gym recently and upon joining said gym and undergoing one of those fun free-of-charge fitness exams with calipers, she learned that she has a metabolic age of... twelve. Yes, you guessed it. Twelve. But while metabolically a child, N

• The Sandwich of Time

  Does the title of this post have you a bit worried? (Me too.) A bit skeptical? (Yup.) A bit concerned that I have taken my sordid affair with Mr. Metaphor too far? (Could be. But all's fair in love and war, right?) Time is a sandwich. The sandwich of our lives. We have no choice but to taste

• Beach Brain

  If you were gracious (or bored) enough to read my recent “vacation” vents, you’d think I’d vow to stay put at home for a while. It would be the sensible thing to do. But no. I try not to be sensible too often. It bores me. Last night, Husband and I piled our little jet setters (and en

• A Dozen Details

  The wedding, like this weekend's weather, was wonderful. I know. Enough with the alliteration. After our lovely eight hour trek home, I am a wee bit tired, but I will leave you with a dozen details. The bride was a vision in lace. Wedding guests showered the newly married couple with Ha

• LIFE AFTER YES

  Life After Yes (HarperCollins/Avon May 18, 2010) is the story of Quinn—born Prudence Quinn O’Malley—a confused young Manhattan attorney who loses her father on that tragic September morning that changed everything. Now, at an existential crossroads in her life, Quinn must confront im