The Reluctant Grownup – Page 127 – Growing old gracelessly.

Homeschooling

So today’s the first day of homeschooling, and the morning was challenging. With all this social distancing I’ve felt pretty sanguine thus far – I’m good in a crisis, can…

March 16, 2020

3L, Alabama, Everyday Adventures, Lawyerin', Sixteen Tons

My Sons’ Hometown

Take a United States map. Place your index finger at the tip of Florida, and then, moving northerly and to the west, trace the Gulf-side border of the state. You’ll…

August 13, 2011

Travel

West! Part One – Events Make For an Emotional Start

First – a quick chat about the trip plans. Our itinerary was bound by a few rules: (1) we needed to get our two Boy Scouts to their trailhead in…

July 23, 2022

Parade #1 – Cleopatra the Queen Made Us Wait

RG / February 16, 2012

Our first parade of Mardi Gras 2012 fell on a rainy, chilly night. We almost skipped Cleopatra, but a last minute glance at the radar showed that the rain had moved on, and…

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Valentine’s, Updated

RG / February 14, 2012

I was going to do a survey of Valentine’s days with my Valentine, when I retrieved from the dusty recesses of my brain the memory that I had already done that. (It was…

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MILP Roundup #239

RG / February 13, 2012

Magic Cookie dazzles with her first go at the MILP roundup*, and solidifies her status as overachieving multitasker! *MILP Roundup = a weekly look-see at what all the Mothers In the Legal Profession…

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CDing

RG / February 12, 2012

This here is going to be a (short) primer on cloth diapers, so if that ain’t your bag, then I’ve provided this link as an alternative activity for your next few minutes. (Hat…

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Distracted

RG / February 9, 2012

I just read an article about being a distracted parent. It was a bit overwrought in my opinion – MAN, do twenty first century parents really know how to beat ourselves up –…

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