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Monday, September 26, 2016

a Checklist Manifested

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Earlier last week, I binge-read a fun book called A Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande.   Serendipitously,  this happened to be a great ...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Fall chores keep falling on my head, la la la

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Here are some random autumn thoughts, to go with the random autumn chores that come along with the thoughts.  The apple tree in front...
Monday, September 19, 2016

Putting my life on auto-pirate

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Ahoy there, mateys! And happy international Talk Like a Pirate Day ! I'm not very good at talking like a pirate (tarnation!), but ...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Where is X-son?

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Back in December 2011, my husband and I visited Haiti to meet, among the many people there, one young boy.  A friend had met him on a mi...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

"My Mom ate my homework"

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Here we are, barely two weeks into school, and I get a call from N-son's new high school guidance counsellor.   Oh, no . . . not alread...
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Sunday, September 11, 2016

Surprising watermelon run

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Something strange happened in my yard this last month. The something strange looks like this: a weird green rock rose up out of the earth. ...
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Thursday, September 1, 2016

The Seven Essays of a Highly Inefficient Procrastinator

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It's September, and school has started up again.   My boys have left the Quaker Local School behind them and returned to public school...
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