Tweet I recently re-read Crossing to Safety (which Will Schwalbe’s beautiful The End of Your Life Book Club inspired me to do) and found it even more breathtakingly gorgeous and powerful this time. Stegner’s novel joins Harry Potter in the rarefied ranks of books I’ve read three times. It’s outrageously beautiful, human, and honest. As [...]
Tweet We all know we are supposed to eat more vegetables, and fewer refined grains and sugars, right? At least I do, but the challenge remains doing so in an easy and delicious way. Especially when one is cooking for children. I have one child who wants to be a vegetarian, prefers rice milk over [...]
Tweet Gratitude on an ordinary night – Allison Slater Tate’s gorgeous love letter to her 10 1/2 year old son, saturated with her awareness of all that is already over, spoke to the core of my bruised, overflowing mother’s heart. Yes, I wish I’d known Allison when we were going through pregnancy together (we went [...]
Tweet I am delighted to be participating in a blog tour to celebrate the release of Kristen Brown’s book, The Happy Hour Effect: 12 Secrets to Minimize Stress and Maximize Life. Kristen, an author, entrepreneur, certified health coach, mother, and widow, has written an practical guide to reducing stress and increasing joy. Her book includes [...]
Tweet I was instantly smitten and moved when I read about Jen’s Five Most Beautiful Things Project. What she says about the essential human need for beauty, and the power of waking up to realize that it is all around us, moved me deeply. Jen asks, what if we walked around looking for beauty instead of [...]
Tweet My friend Nina Badzin asked if I might make my things I love lately post a regular feature and so … here we go! Instagrid – I love Instagram (come find me! lemead) and think this site that shows you the last set of your images, arrayed in regular boxes, is brilliant. Such a [...]
Tweet I’m answering the thoughtful questions on my Six Year Anniversary post slowly, savoring them. Thank you to those of you who took the time to say something! Today, questions about writing and blogging in particular: Do you always think blogging will be a part of your life? Ever entertained a hiatus? What is your [...]
Tweet photograph taken last month at a special place on the New Jersey shore Once in a great while I like to share some things that have caught my attention around the interwebs (and the world). Barnstorming – It’s rare that I find a blog that I relate to this intensely. I read the whole [...]
Tweet As usual, I was both fascinated and touched by your questions on my Sixth Blogging Anniversary post. I wrote about what I am reading, and which blogs I most devotedly follow. Now, a different question: Parenting “emerging adults” is an exercise in letting go and it’s both sad and liberating. If you ever want [...]
Tweet A couple of people who commented on my Six Year post asked about what I am reading, both in terms of books and blogs. Books is the easier answer. I am currently reading Teach Your Children Well by Madeline Levine. I recently ready Amy Sohn’s Motherland and re-read Operating Instructions by the incomparable Anne [...]
