At Babies R Us today, the kind, burly boy who helped me load a crib into the car asked me how old I was, because I “didn’t look old enough to have two kids.” I answered “32″ and he misheard me, obviously thinking I had said 22. He said, “Wow. You are only two years [...]
11 days of school left. Bring on the tears. Natalie said she’s going to need a whole bottle of prozac to get through the last day. I may need a whole bottle of gin. Email this post
Au naturel, baby. Swing low, sweet chariots. This is not shallow. This is … emotionally magnificent. I am a great interviewee. Why? Because I have something no one else has: my brain. Which I use to my advantage. So advantageous. Email this post
What a blessed time of life this is. I read Whit Goodnight Moon tonight, blinking back tears (yes, Ally, I am officially a cryer) as I wondered how many more times I will sit with him at bedtime, rocking and reading the familiar words I could easily recite by heart. He was tired tonight, and [...]
We had the New Family cookout at Grace’s new school tonight. It’s going to be an adjustment! I miss her old school so keenly. Grace, however, was unfazed. She ran around with Lucien Wood as though she’d been playing with him for years (sadly he is not going to be in her class next year, [...]
There was a fabulous squall after swimming today. We emerged from the pool and were instantly drenched, cold, and laughing. I love spring and summer thunderstorms, the ones that come on out of the blue and blow through fast, with tremendous sturm and drang. I love this kind of rain, while I loathe gloomy, endless [...]
My day today: evidence of an existence that is either totally schizophrenic or remarkably rich. Woke up with children, did breakfast and books, took Gracie to school. Spent some time with our director, Jenifer, checking in on capital campaign and other items. Home for 9:30 conference call with headhunter. Negotiated contract and carve-out list. IMed [...]
Am listening to a new book now in the car: The Canon by Natalie Angier. I really enjoyed her last book: Woman: An Intimate Geography which is basically a detailed but immensely readable investigation of female physiology. The Canon’s introduction talks at length about how science has what amounts to a PR problem in our [...]
More coming on seeing so many dear friends this weekend, but for now I will just quote from myself (! a first!): Thank you, Quincy, for being an incredibly rare lifetime friend – if not the rarest and most special – being with you feels like home! I am amazed to observe the ways that [...]
Hallelujah: “Kids who watched “Sesame Street” as a preschooler have higher grade point averages when they get to high school.” (Business Week online article) Thank you, Hadley, for sending … best news I’ve heard all year. And doesn’t the Sesame-Street-watching child above look like he’s destined for brilliance and an 800 on the verbal SAT? [...]
