My neighbor is having a tree taken down. She’s lobbied the county for years to have it cut and apparently today is the day. Which is fantastic for her, but a pain the behind for me. Because the bane of working from home when you live where I do is the constant barrage of noise […]
Summer: A Love and a Do Not Love Story
Jul 19th, 2016
Things I love about summer: I love the heat and humidity. I love long days and a good cricket serenade. I love the swimming pool, popsicles dripping down my kids’ chins and berries, berries, berries. I’m three-quarters watermelon and one-half cucumber pretty much all of June and July. I love not being able to see my […]
Give Her Some Mother’s Day Movement Magic
Apr 19th, 2016
Flowers are nice. Breakfast-in-bed is lovely, too. But if you’re local to Atlanta and looking for a new way to honor the mom in your life this Mother’s Day, consider giving her some Movement Magic. Here’s what she’ll enjoy: A night “in.” (This means if you have small children, you are in charge of making […]
Fiction Friday : Down Under?
Feb 5th, 2016
It’s Fiction Friday, so you get another post from “guest blogger” and main character from my novel The Myth of Jake, Maggie Carlton. Ugh. I just looked up the date of my last post. December 11th. Nearly two months ago. This is why I didn’t want to blog in the first place. I need the discipline of […]
Aligning Business With Life (Plus, A Hamburger)
Nov 20th, 2015
This week I’ve been sharing my big takeaways from my week studying Restorative Exercise™ in Sequim, Washington. You can see the first and the second posts here and here. This is all a reductionist exercise, of course, as nothing could fully capture everything that I learned or the ways I grew that week. Plus, as […]
Fiction Friday : Precious Cargo
Nov 13th, 2015
I’ve had a sick kid all week, so no new original posts from me. Luckily my friend Maggie stepped in to write this gem. If you missed Maggie’s post from last week or the week prior be sure to check them out. And to learn everything you need to know about Maggie Carlton, you will want […]
Exorcising the “Shoulds” While Exercising More “Choice”
Oct 5th, 2015
I took a shower this morning – it’s not an everyday thing for me – and afterwards, as I plucked through my closet to figure out what to wear, this thought flashed through my head: You really should put on some jeans and wear a real outfit today. You have the time. There’s no reason […]
Your Kid Gets Sick. That Does Not Make You a Bad Parent. So Why Do We Tell Ourselves It Does?
Sep 30th, 2015
I’m coming up for air after sending all of the kids off to school today. We’ve just finished round two of our battle with Hand, Foot and Mouth disease and are waiting with bated breath for the third child to go down. (In related news, coxsackievirus, you can suck it.) As often happens when school […]
Wresting Some Rest From My Day
Aug 11th, 2015
I’ve waited a few weeks, or maybe months, to share the news that at long – very long – last, we have three children who consistently sleep through the night. Little A turned 3 in June and with her newfound “big kid” status she has developed quite a competitive nature. In sum, the girl likes to […]
The Pressure of Being a Parent, In Two Pictures
Jul 17th, 2015
Little A turned 3 recently, and a neighbor gave her a precious Melissa & Doug fairy princess coloring pad and some markers. She’s been obsessed. She comes in from her activities and immediately sets to coloring. She’ll stay there for an hour or so and invite the rest of us to come color with her. […]
