Blog
3 September 2026
What Am I Going To Do?
We dropped off our twins at college last weekend. I am… So, here’s the truth: I wrote “I am,” got distracted, and now I am not sure what I was going to say. Maybe because what “I am” presently shifts by the hour, but I’ll give it a shot.
19 August 2026
Back at the Desk: Finding My Way Home Through the Woods
For me, not writing as a daily practice feels a bit like wandering around, a little lost.
15 August 2026
Rooms of Our Own: My New Old Office
Fast-forward: three years ago I left the work-from-home job and started working at the school. My little office was abandoned. I used it for yoga and aerobics, and also as something of a dumping ground. I moved my workspace into the sunroom, which opens off from the kitchen. I wanted to be in the center of things, not sequestered away.
15 August 2026
A Tale of Graduation Chaos and the Myth of Work/Life Balance
For a very long time, I quested—as Galahad (or, later, Indy) for the Grail—for the ever-elusive work/life balance. (Don’t laugh.) Has anyone ever found it? Believe me, I have tried, and she is either professional-level elusive or nonexistent.
15 August 2026
Who's a Perfectionist? Me?
But this is neither the time nor the place to shift into a diatribe about perfectionism. Or maybe it is? When I think about it, I honestly don’t think there is anything wrong with being a perfectionist. We are chasers of ideals—we spend our lives being motivated by inspiring ideas and working toward something bigger than ourselves.
15 August 2026
Blueberries Belong in the Refrigerator: In Which We Refuse to Be Rendered Invisible
What will you do when you get to the middle of life, your kids are grown, and now you can make changes—what will you change? What needs to change?