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  • not another “all” post

    don’t worry, i didn’t write one. but, someone else did.  my favorite part of the article, in part a response to sandberg’s recent release, lean in: “. . . But with other passages, I found myself…

    April 21, 2013
  • not perfect, but close . . .

    i realize that my fantasy day-in-the-life post from last week was somewhat depressing.  as always, i appreciated your feedback.  as i alluded to yesterday, i’ve been in a bit of a funk.  sweating over small things,…

    April 18, 2013
  • my heart goes out to boston

    to the victims, their families, and everyone feeling the aftershock of yesterday’s events. it’s been a little rocky over here, but events like this always remind my how the small things — well, they really…

    April 17, 2013
  • day in the life: fantasy edition

    ideal vs. reality lately i’ve been feeling really unsatisfied with my weekday routine.  i think the true problem is that i probably want to do more than is realistic, but i thought it would…

    April 11, 2013
  • 8 assorted updates

    1) i am FINALLY starting to feel like a human again after 7 days of viral (#*@#.   what started as a cold morphed into gastroenteritis and then finally became a sinus infection [i…

    April 7, 2013
  • #1

    so much to say 1 year and 1 day ago, annabel came into the world. i did love her then, and as someone with basic familiarity with babies, i sort of guessed what we…

    April 7, 2013
  • i had grand plans for april

    i was excited about being back on the wards. excited for spring! excited for a to start walking. [she’s so close.] excited for fast running and evening adventures and more reading and all kinds…

    April 4, 2013
  • materialism

    want vs need i’ve been thinking more about wants, needs, marketing, and money in the past few weeks. reasons: ➤ i just read laura vanderkam’s all the money in the world on a whim last week…

    April 2, 2013
  • time + questioning habits

    first, a bit of business. 1.  ipad/iphone readers:  an astute reader [fine, it was my mom] pointed out that my post didn’t come up correctly on her ‘pad the other day.  i noticed that…

    March 30, 2013
  • expect the unexpected

    alternate title:  there is vomit in my hair you can make as many lists and plans as you want. but then — gastroenteritis happens. [again.] just a little reminder that life is unpredictable and…

    March 27, 2013