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  • Mindful on a Monday

    The transition back to work today was a bit jarring after 4 whole days at home, and it made me think.  Or perhaps I just happened to listen to the right podcast (Tara Brach)…

    November 30, 2015
  • Thanksgiving weekend highlights

    It has been a lovely weekend. Wednesday night:  I came home from work a little early (yay!) and we headed out to a family dinner at Tony Chan’s Water Club.  Josh wasn’t able to…

    November 29, 2015
  • Simplicity Parenting – review and discussion

    Until A&C came along, I never realized how much of parenting is sort of . . made up as one goes along.  It’s not like I thought each baby would pop out with an…

    November 19, 2015
  • Monday notes

    So much to think about with the recent tragic events in Paris.  Every time one of these events occurs, I am struck with the realization of how fragile human lives really are.  No day…

    November 16, 2015
  • assorted updates

    I am feeling the urge to write more, but other things have taken precedence.  I was going to write “I haven’t had the time”, but that would be false.  I have chosen to run,…

    November 11, 2015
  • what is working right now

    As I posted yesterday, it has been a good month.  I am all about analyzing what is not working when things aren’t, and yet I don’t feel like I ever spend much time analyzing what…

    November 2, 2015
  • HELLO November

    First of all: October was amazing. Not perfect, but a really fantastic month.  And what’s more, I felt like I was aware of the fantastic-ness as it was happening. I don’t know what made…

    November 1, 2015
  • Trunk Club for Women Review (and plea for help!)

    It came!  My Trunk Club box arrived.  For those unfamiliar, Trunk Club for Women is similar to subscription clothing service Stitch Fix.  A stylist provides you with a questionnaire, and you indicate the clothing…

    October 27, 2015
  • belated weekend report: simplicity edition

    We did . . . very little this past weekend.  I will get to my Simplicity Parenting review later this week*, but one of the main tenets is to avoid overscheduling children, and to let…

    October 13, 2015
  • the inner nag / task switching

    Part 1: Written ~10 days ago Yesterday, I arrived home from work with 3 “open charts.”  For the non-medical crowd, these charts are virtual these days — since our records are electronic.  (NOTE:  while…

    October 8, 2015