Mom Shift
Like working moms everywhere, I have felt that constant struggle to find balance – the elusive, perfect ratio of time away from the kids versus financial gain. I had the ridiculous notion that if I could only achieve that equilibrium, I’d experience a zen-like ability to cope with all incoming issues, demands, and needs without…
READ MORETHE GREATEST GIFT MY MOM GAVE ME – CHECK IT OUT
Books. My mom was a voracious reader; reading was her fix. Escaping from three rambunctious kids, she would stay up late into the night her nose in a book. And as her tag-along kid I went to the library with her every week as she’d re-stock her supply. That was in the early 70s. Today,…
READ MORESummer of Evolution
I’m looking at my calendar and am perplexed that it’s September. Somehow we’ve had an entire summer – a summer that was lost to me amidst dirt and grime and boxes and bills. Looking back a few months I see that we moved into our new house on April 27th … ah, spring … a…
READ MOREBravely Going … Bonkers
Here’s a Hollywood Story – kind of. I’m at the opening for a new Umami Burger (if you don’t know what that is, there is a gaping hole in your culinary existence and I will keep you in my thoughts) with Nick Pitera (if you don’t know who that is, there is emptiness in your…
READ MOREThe Flip-Side
Whenever I hit a prolonged creative stride, I find myself living in a state of both frenzy and pensiveness. It’s a strange dynamic, seemingly incongruent, but one I have embodied more than ever this year. The last six months have been all go, go, in my creative life. Once my littlest one turned 18-months, I…
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