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Idea Thievery at the Flea Market 21 Aug 2013 | 05:44 am
This past Saturday, I headed down to The City Flea here in Cincinnati. It’s such a great event: food trucks, music, amazing shopping for vintage and handmade and weird stuff—all set against the backdr...
Life After Growth Spurts at 5 and 38 14 Aug 2013 | 07:04 am
My five-year-old and I are both in the middle of emotional growth spurts. I think his was triggered by a combination of nervousness over starting kindergarten in a week, and getting hold of the iPad w...
I, Me, We, Our: The Debate on First Person 7 Aug 2013 | 06:41 pm
About seven years ago, I wrote some web site copy for a really cool little gourmet wholesale coffee roaster. The guys who owned it had a great story. But I can’t quite remember it. Because mostly what...
Copper Cats Are Good 31 Jul 2013 | 07:40 am
A few weeks ago, my daughter, Georgia, started crying from the basement playroom. My husband went down there, and found her pointing up at the windowsill, where a copper folk-art style cat was sitting...
Let It Be 24 Jul 2013 | 05:53 am
Does anyone else have a problem letting it be? That there is a pretty rockin’ song about letting it be tells me I’m probably not the only one eager to hear those words of wisdom from Mother Mary. Oh,...
Meditations on Independence 3 Jul 2013 | 12:26 pm
Charlie Brown tells us happiness is a warm blanket. So what’s independence? I have some ideas. Independence is a thing to celebrate. Independence is full of risks. Independence is not giving a shit...
On Rambling Roses and Paragraphs 26 Jun 2013 | 08:31 am
I have two things to tell you about editing, and the first one I learned from my rose bushes. They are rambling fairy roses and although I love my garden something crazy, I don’t love these roses (we ...
In Case You Care, The Sun is Dying 19 Jun 2013 | 05:40 pm
Apparently the sun is dying. It will run out of fuel, explode into a ball of fire and consume the earth. And that will be that. In five billion years. Now, I admit, this is not a great scenario. But I...
Download My Highlights Reel (And Then Make Your Own) 12 Jun 2013 | 05:43 am
At least a third of my little chats with my almost-five-year-old son are re-living his greatest moments. I call them the “Best Of Max” conversations. “Mommy, remember when I ate five pieces of pizza t...
Is It What It Is or Not? 5 Jun 2013 | 02:34 am
My soul is in stories. But the way I cope and process is much closer to bullet points. So recently, I asked a therapist I see from time to time to give me five of them. A “Judi’s top five” for dealing...
