The Reluctant Grownup – Page 127 – Growing old gracelessly.

Sci Fi Suzie

One time, when I was in high school, my boyfriend’s mother asked my little brother: “What does your sister want to be when she grows up?” “Well,” he answered, furrowing…

May 30, 2008

Jack, Liam, New Orleans

A French Quarter Story

509 Saint Croix Street* – there we are. I stand in a lather of indecision on the damp, grotty cobbled street, while my six and eight year old boys fiddle…

January 15, 2017

Categorizing Things is Overrated

THPR January Challenge 1

Describe your current season of life. What do you appreciate about it? What makes it different from other times in your life? I am no longer young, but not yet…

January 16, 2024

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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