Bits and Pieces
In recent weeks… With new mobility, has come greater powers of destruction We finally got to see what winter is supposed to look like in Minnesota. Spent some time examining that ever-present, furry...
View ArticleGrill Masters
Last Friday Billy and I put together a group of couples to attend a cooking class at Kitchen Window in uptown. The topic was grilling ribs– and I’m certain the class was quite informative. However, the...
View ArticleBack Up North
Lake season is upon us with the advent of a weekend Up North filled with sunny afternoons, chirping birds, and green grass. This weekend, we drove up to celebrate Easter with my family ahead of...
View ArticleBackyard Photoshoot
I’m back with another set of totally suspenseless photos of Jack. Several involve him holding a stick. Another series features a tennis ball and the dog. We’re not summiting Everest here. Which begs...
View ArticleThis week is when…
…When “thesis” is now my own personal six-letter word. …When Baked Lays for dinner is a perfectly reasonable option. …When spending time with friends is a far-off, distant memory. …When the...
View ArticleLong Overdue Update
Acetone and diapers. That’s what my house smells like now that I have all this extra time to myself. As it turns out, time off for me does not automatically evoke Betty Draper-esq cleanliness in...
View ArticleSouth American Sunsets
Most of us can be accused of not living in the moment enough. We are so often worried about the business of getting things done that we fail to really be part of the doing. In fairness, it’s tough to...
View ArticleThis has been July, so far.
There was a trip to California for a friend’s wedding. We hadn’t been away with our favorite travel companions since Greece. Felt like old times. There were the many faces of Eric Simmons. There was a...
View ArticleBack on the Grid
I started building fires in the fireplace and listening to Christmas music this week. Billy is disgusted because he doesn’t like to hear Jingle Bells while he is still wearing flip-flops. I am...
View ArticleA Lot to Cover
Part of the challenge of the unintended hiatus is that in coming back, I feel a self-inflicted pressure to make my return poignant, profound, or at least cohesively stated. However, I am beginning to...
View Article29
Yesterday was my birthday. Lucky 29. It’s not a particularly monumental age, but I suppose I should acknowledge the last year I’ll have as a “twenty-something.” I don’t expect to feel especially...
View ArticleJack Tells a Story… Kind of
I still rock Jack to sleep at night. At nearly 2 years old, he’s bordering on too old for this (I think?), but it’s really more for me than it is for him anyway. I change his diaper, put him in some...
View ArticleFrom up here on this countertop
Our house was built in 1928. Sometimes I think about how many conversations the walls of this old house have heard. How many parents have brought home newborn babies? How many photos of a couple’s...
View ArticleWaiting for Spring
In March, by God and School District 272, I was granted my first snow day since college. And, Jack, his first since birth. So, in lieu of counseling pre-adolescent children and pretending to be a...
View ArticleStarting Fresh
My summer starts Monday. I have exceedingly good intentions for my three months of full-time parenthood. I took a trip to Russel + Hazel for a fresh, overpriced notebook and pens in 13 different shades...
View ArticleCatching the Train
Last week, while Billy was on a work trip to California, Jack and I stopped by the Lake Harriet Trolley for an evening ride. The streetcars are over 100 years old and are historical artifacts more than...
View ArticleJuly: A Summary
We spent a week at the cabin over the Fourth of July. Much of that time was spent in the lake. …And, much of it was spent balling up pieces of paper towel and shoving them into the holes of a giant...
View ArticleHappy Fall
Summer here has come and gone and along with the big yellow school buses, I have found my way back to a new year with new students. Sad as I am to see the season go, I was ready for some structure and...
View ArticleTime Flies
It was Jack’s first day of Preschool today. Last night, after our bedtime stories, I rocked him in the dark and told him about how much fun he was going to have today. About 10 minutes after I put him...
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