The Penultimate Peril 22 Aug 2013 | 02:14 am

One of our favorite words around here is ‘penultimate’ – why I’m not sure. I have no recollection if my two sons and I ever got to Lemony Snicket’s The Penultimate Peril , one of a series which we rea...

The Empty Nest 30 Jul 2013 | 01:57 am

In a few weeks my youngest son moves into a dorm at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, which is two minutes away from our house. The way I’ve been carrying on you’d think he was headed for a colle...

4th of July 5 Jul 2013 | 06:59 am

Mom Math 22 Mar 2013 | 11:36 pm

For a girl who couldn’t pass basic math modules in college, I excel at stats, memorable and minutiae-ish: Birth weight of first son:  6 lbs. My weight at first doctor’s apt for first pregnancy: 165 ...

End of an Era 7 Feb 2013 | 03:58 am

Graduation Day 22 Dec 2012 | 06:08 am

Being a mother of a certain age, some days I  can’t remember to put the lid down on the washing machine or whether I put milk on the grocery list –or where said list is. However, I can remember with ...

Cookie Rerun 5 Dec 2012 | 08:00 am

Since Sunday, I've baked six pans of cookie bars -- seven if you count the one that ended up in the garbage can. Some will be mailed to my older son's friends in school on the east coast, friendships ...

Tradition 23 Nov 2012 | 06:01 am

When Tevye belts out the following lyrics in Fiddler on the Roof it always seems like an admonishment. “Tradition, tradition! Tradition! Tradition, tradition! Tradition!” Nothing is more important t...

Guest Blog Post - Christina's Juggling Act: AKA Two Releases in November 21 Nov 2012 | 08:55 pm

Empty Nest 15 Nov 2012 | 03:48 am

My to-do list for yesterday consisted of the following: Figure out the day of the week Reschedule dental apt Be brilliant writerly-wise Guess which didn’t get done? It’s a tad chaotic here on the...