A little over a week ago, I blogged about something maybe dumb I did: I told our daughter I’d take her and a friend to see Harry Styles at Madison Square Garden on Halloween. We decided this only 10 days from the concert, and I wasn’t sure if we’d be able to make it happen. … Continue reading Sitting in a coffee shop, waiting to go to New York
Last night, as I was making a cup of chamomile tea after dinner, our daughter came into the kitchen with bright eyes and her cheeks rounded in an eager, excited smile. She was poised to ask a question, and I could tell by the way she arranged her face and kept pausing before she asked … Continue reading I may have done something dumb
Our cat Tubbles is pressed up against me. She lays on my arms as I type, her shoulders across my left arm, and one leg draped over my right. She is relaxed and commanding, like nobility idling on a chaise lounge. And she purrs. I can feel the rumble of her on my abdomen, where … Continue reading Purr
At 5:40 this morning, in the dark and drizzle, we pulled away from the curb with my 15 year old daughter at the wheel. I sat in the passenger seat and watched the wet road, saw coppery leaves in a pretty drift under the tree they’d fallen from, undisturbed yet by cars driving over them. … Continue reading Driving practice
Application deadlines are approaching for the colleges our son wants to apply to. One of those is the University of Virginia (UVA), about two and a half hours from where we live. We did not arrange anything official, we just drove to campus, parked, found a map, and walked around. He wanted to see what … Continue reading We visited UVA yesterday
This afternoon, I’ll take our daughter out so she can practice driving. She wants to drive the route from our house to the pool when there’s no traffic. This will prepare her to start driving the route the six times a week we currently take her, usually in rush hour, such as rush hour is … Continue reading Parenting is weird
Butterfly Mind 