Recently I was on solo parenting duty while my husband was away at a conference. This was my first time solo parenting that involved waking up and getting both kids to school. Both my kids are car riders, and each of their schools is in opposite directions with a lot of traffic between them. Factor […]
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When Life is Too Big There is This Moment
This has been the focus of my meditations of late as I’ve tried to find more balance in my life. I am many things to many people, and yet I am not who I wish to be to myself.

The World Did Not End So Let’s Begin Again
2012 for me was an OFF year. By that I mean I just didn’t feel on top of much of anything, though there is plenty of evidence that I was successful and productive. In my post Planning 2012 Beyond the Mayan Calendar I talked about what I was going to do, and other than the […]

I Am a PunkWife!
When Alessandra contacted me to ask if I’d be interested in being featured as December’s PunkWife of the Month (after dancing around and squealing in delight) I calmly said yes.
Writing, Poetry, and Friends
Today I’m guest posting over at Sarah Askins: Poet-Writer with a poem entitled Beyond All This.

Here I go NaNoWriMo Round 2
For the second year in a row now I’m participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).

Transition Adjustment
I’ve been struggling with transition adjustment. The transition from one school year to the next, also known as summer time, has been one where I’ve been busy with mothering, freelance writing, reading, and thinking.