Yesterday I was talking to my therapist and relaxing in a swing and he said I seemed calm. I was calm, in a way. I had more or less resolved to homeschool, because homeschool is the only scenario in which I'm in complete control and...
I'm not gonna lie. We're unraveling here. Keeping in mind this is the cocoon. We will move through this. We will emerge. The way I was glued to Cuomo's updates these past weeks, waiting for the day that we could see that New York had passed the...
Well, here we are on our 31st day of self-quarantine. We got to it a little early because we had flu in the house, giving us both a reason and an excuse to hunker down while it still seemed like an oddball thing to do....
We made vegan ravioli and the pictures are so cute I'm posting about them. This is a fun thing to do with the kids if you have a bunch of time to make dinner on a weekend. You can freeze them if you do up...
I've been thinking about change. Tim Havens from Falls Farm and Garden said once at SUNY Adirondack's Microenterprise Assistance Program (which is now called Startup ADK), "The first rule of business is: Stay In Business." And then you realize — in order to stay in business, you...
As my kids get older, I realize these small things I noticed when they were just babies have turned into dominant personality traits. Henry's fascination with how things work. Danny's silly faces and movements intended for a laugh. These quirks define them and set them apart...
It's almost imperceptible, the easier-ness. It starts as a feeling like you were supposed to be somewhere or do something, but forgot. You've been so used to the chaos, the tornado of people needing you one hundred percent of the time, that if there is one...