The Reluctant Grownup – Page 3 – Growing old gracelessly.

Everyday Adventures, Navel Gazing (and I Don't Mean Oranges), Parents and Siblings and Cousins, Oh My!

Idyll Interrupted

On July 15, the day after that last post, I took the boys on another amazing bike ride. We waved at train conductors, truck drivers, and shipmates, and I marveled…

July 25, 2011

Carolina, Domestic Bliss, Drama Queen, New Orleans, Parents and Siblings and Cousins, Oh My!

Busy bullet points

Shortly after my last post, I billed almost 50 hours in 3.5 days and then flew to North Carolina for a quick trip to see the sis, see the niece,…

October 27, 2016

Dear Friends

To You Who Suffer

I won’t give you a list of all of the people in my life who are desperately ill right now. Some friends, some spouses of friends, some family members –…

May 9, 2007

January 8

RG / January 8, 2024

January 6 was Twelfth Night – and that means we now have King Cake on the counter! Carnival season has begun. I am in a walking krewe this year called the Candy Girls.…

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Jan 4

RG / January 4, 2024

I took the boys out around lunchtime yesterday to shop for their dad. We do this for each other and it’s cute and getting more touching. When they were little they used to…

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Write 24 in 24

RG / January 3, 2024

It is 2024! I will do my annual check in posts, but also wanted to note that Gretchen Rubin (my favorite happiness expert) has suggested that we all try to write 24 in…

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A Joyfully Chaotic Weekend

RG / October 22, 2023

I am back in my former home of North Carolina for a visit and to play my old band’s reunion show. The show was scheduled for my seventeenth wedding anniversary, the same night…

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Dreams

RG / October 15, 2023

Some dreams I’ve had lately (I promise to keep this high level so it’s not brutally boring): First – I dream a lot about the house I lived in during middle and early…

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