I don't know if it's the shiny layer of ice that coats everything here or if it's because I'm making spring break plans but my thoughts today are of warmer climes. This picture was taken in Venice Beach, California where we were celebrating my …
Day out with kids: Madison Children’s Museum
January 28, 2009 4 reader comments
I know it's been a while since I've written about daytrip adventures here, but that doesn't mean I haven't been having my share of them. When we were in Wisconsin over the holidays we spent a great day at the Madison Children's Museum where the boys …
Mondays are for dreaming: Venice
January 26, 2009 2 reader comments
The rationalist mind has always had its doubts about Venice. Thewatery city receives a dry inspection, as though it were a myth for thecredulous – poets and honeymooners. —Mary McCarthy, Venice Observed I have been to Venice twice in my life. The …
Travels with my parents: India
January 16, 2009 4 reader comments
As promised, I'm going to spend some time this month looking back at trips I took not as a parent, but as a child. In this case, it was as an adult child in the year before I got pregnant with Tommy. I tagged along as my father returned to India for …
Looking back…looking forward
January 12, 2009 2 reader comments
So I hadn't planned to open 2009 by not blogging for over a week, but somehow it just happened. Matt was away, I was feeling tired and distracted, and well, I think I just needed a break after over six months of posting content religiously. And since …
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