I’m not altogether as heavy as I may sometimes appear here. Well, I am, but I have other sides too. One that I don’t talk about much is my sideline interest in all things fashion-related. I read, as I’ve mentioned, 30+ magazines a month (that list is a little out of date, but the total [...]
I found this meme/questionnaire on Somemother through Meagan Francis’ wonderful blog The Happiest Mom (I highly recommend it and read it religiously). I just liked it and hope you will join in and participate – just link in the comments!! ESTABLISHING YOURSELF (a few details that help somemothers know what they have in common with [...]
A lighthearted meme for Friday: 1. Rockstar Name (first pet, current car): Caliban Subaru 2. Gangsta Name (fave ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe): Cake Batter Choo 3. Native American Name (fave color, fave animal): Orange Elephant 4. Superhero Name (2nd fave color, fave drink): Blue Sauv Rocks 5. Nascar Name (first names of [...]
Grace and I are off to Kripalu today for Dani Shapiro‘s memoir workshop. I can’t wait!! So, instead of a post, a few things that are making me happy right now: Finding flowers on my bedside table from Grace and Whit yesterday (with Whit’s marked with an old toilet paper roll: classic). They had picked [...]
A few things that were on my mind this weekend … 1. Carol Edgarian’s Three Stages of Amazement may be my favorite novel I’ve read in years. It is a beautiful, pitch-perfect story about adulthood and marriage and in exploring the complexities and challenges of both it shows that trying hard and wanting something badly [...]
As you read this, dear ones, I am in the vortex of my real job. So I was trying to think of some small things to share this week. One thing I had last week was ample thinking time, with my 15 plane hours, etc. As I worked my way through my random set of [...]
The Alphabet of Right Now About a year and a half ago I wrote an “alphabet of right now.” I was thinking about it all day today and decided it was worth a revisit. A -Allison. My dear cousin who has recently moved to Boston. She is without question Grace and Whit’s favorite person in [...]
Last year, I blogged about something I saw in Glamour magazine. I asserted that if you just keep your eyes open, you can find both insight and inspiration in all kinds of unexpected places (remember, what you see is what you get). While running earlier this week I was stopped in my tracks by the [...]
I thoroughly enjoyed reading more about Devon‘s life, history, and preferences big and small when she answered the questions in this meme. I was flattered to see myself named as someone she’d be interested in seeing answer them, and so I do so now. Please go check out Devon’s blog – the name alone charmed [...]
Becca at Drama for Mama tagged me in the “What’s In Your Bag” meme. I confess I’ve enjoyed voyeuristically reading everyone’s posts with photographs of what they carry with them every day. I love minutiae like that, and think it tells a lot about someone. So, here we go. First, my bag: I just last [...]
