The difference between having teenagers and having toddlers or babies is that teenagers like to sleep. They are a little like vampires - they go out after dark and then sleep for most of the daylight hours. Teens shun activities that take place before noon - especially activities that involve being seen in [...]
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May 12, 2008
Word of the Day: Cut
I went on New England Cable News to flog my book.
Me on TV
Okay, it was a three and a half minute segment - but I worried about what to wear. I went shopping yesterday for something normal — something that didn’t have enormous buttons or a pattern that looked like it was from the wardrobe [...]
May 9, 2008
Word of the Day: Happy
Happy Mother’s Day!
Turns out that hosting Japanese middle-schoolers is a lot like having more of my own kids. They are all losers. Yuki ( pictured in the center) lost his red “Happy Coat” somewhere between the school and our house. Without it, he would not be allowed to perform the traditional dance that [...]
May 8, 2008
Word of the Day: Blast(ed)
What better excuse for a party? I invited friends and neighbors to take over the local coffee shop after hours. The cops didn’t come, but a drunk crasher did make a brief appearance. Look for him in the orange jacket.
It’s almost like being there. Really.
April 30, 2008
Word of the Day:召 我が ショートパンツ
We are having a great time with the visiting Japanese students. They are seeing lots of historical sites around Boston, trying new video games foods and killing us at ping pong. In the process, we are all discovering a little about each other’s culture. Additionally, they are learning some new English vocabulary and we are [...]
April 26, 2008
Word of the Day:Ill
For the past two days, I have been really sick. Chills, fever, sore throat…the whole bit. Now it is morphing into a hacking cough and runny nose. Just in time!
The Japanese students arrive tomorrow (see previous post) and I feel ill-prepared. I did set up a cot in Nathan’s room — the very same [...]
April 23, 2008
Word of the Day:Green
Today is Earth Day and I am celebrating by driving walking to the grocery store to buy salad greens for dinner. While I walk, I will feel a tiny bit smug because I will carry my groceries home in a reusable, eco-friendly, tote bag. The supermarket sells these bags for 99 cents.
To encourage people [...]
April 16, 2008
Word of the Day: Mail
It rained a few days ago and the skylight in my upstairs hallway leaked water down three flights of stairs.
My husband, who is only marginally handy, taped up some plastic sheeting that directs the water into a bucket - that’s fine as an emergency measure, but it’s a strictly temporary solution. Although I have [...]
April 14, 2008
Word of the Day:Dough
It was a weekend of wonderful food. I am fortunate to live in a town that has zillions of places to eat and to have friends and neighbors who are fabulous cooks. Here’s what was on the menu:
Friday Night: Take out Pad Thai and Yellow curry chicken.
Saturday Morning: Pancakes with Lewis
Saturday at M&K’s [...]
April 7, 2008
Word of the Day:Juggle
I just got back from the Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop in Dayton, Ohio. I was hoping to get ideas about ways to make this blog a better place. And I did. I also met a bunch of writers, would-be-writers, comics, a former border guard and a breast juggler…as well as Garrison Keillor and Mike [...]
