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Milk Money: July 2015
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Motherhood, friendships, work and play in the vortex of New Haven, CT. Friday, July 10, 2015. If you time it right, and the breeze is slight, and the din of mowers and leaf blowers isn’t crowding your head, you can hear the muffled clang-clang of buoys in the harbor just a few hundred yards from my house. The cool song of the robin and the chit-chat of the cat bird provide the melody, but the buoys bring the harmony of summer to my backyard. Maybe too much time. But still, a teenager. First, there is a g...
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Milk Money: February 2014
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Motherhood, friendships, work and play in the vortex of New Haven, CT. Monday, February 17, 2014. Believe me, I don't always compare myself to other people's lives on Facebook (cue the guy from the Dos Equis commercials), but when I do, I usually feel like a miserable failure. I just forget that about my own life sometimes. Years ago I stopped reading beauty magazines (beauty sections of magazines like Real Simple. My life is here. And now. Snow and all. Thursday, February 13, 2014. Well, it's kind.
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Milk Money: Finals
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Motherhood, friendships, work and play in the vortex of New Haven, CT. Saturday, June 21, 2014. I had big plans for my blog this year. And by big plans I mean that I had planned to at least WRITE IT. But, oh, how I underestimated how much time it takes to live my life offline. That is, of course, unless we like routine. Is why we teach. Then there are the kids who do give up. That? That can make you more disgusted and discouraged than you want to admit. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What would Joe ...
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Milk Money: Time is Big
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Motherhood, friendships, work and play in the vortex of New Haven, CT. Wednesday, February 18, 2015. But that's not what I've returned to write about today. I'm sort of ditching Facebook. The problem, really, is me. And the solution is to put some limits on the time I waste on Facebook. Just like I wouldn't spend countless hours watching TV (except maybe Downton Abbey,. Sofive minutes a day. That's what I'm giving myself. It's enough time to check in, quickly peruse, and realize that everything p...Curio...
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Milk Money: March 2014
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Motherhood, friendships, work and play in the vortex of New Haven, CT. Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Lent begins today. For the next 40 days I will try to stick to my Lenten "sacrifice" of not complaining. Ideally, this sacrifice will become a habit, and I will find I gain time, breath and peace of mind formerly wasted on blowing hot air about things over which I have no control. When I want something, I go for it. In this case, I want to stop allowing myself to be annoyed by things that are truly of no ...
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Milk Money: 'S now...
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Motherhood, friendships, work and play in the vortex of New Haven, CT. Monday, February 17, 2014. Believe me, I don't always compare myself to other people's lives on Facebook (cue the guy from the Dos Equis commercials), but when I do, I usually feel like a miserable failure. I just forget that about my own life sometimes. Years ago I stopped reading beauty magazines (beauty sections of magazines like Real Simple. My life is here. And now. Snow and all. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). It's a long wa...
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Milk Money: June 2014
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Motherhood, friendships, work and play in the vortex of New Haven, CT. Saturday, June 21, 2014. I had big plans for my blog this year. And by big plans I mean that I had planned to at least WRITE IT. But, oh, how I underestimated how much time it takes to live my life offline. That is, of course, unless we like routine. Is why we teach. Then there are the kids who do give up. That? That can make you more disgusted and discouraged than you want to admit. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Milk Money: Faith in Public School
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Motherhood, friendships, work and play in the vortex of New Haven, CT. Sunday, February 9, 2014. Faith in Public School. It depends on the prep school and it depends on the public school. Some public school districts have more money than some privately funded schools, and those districts often excel in academics and athletics. But what makes a school "good"? How do you even qualify "good"? What makes one educational experience so different from another? If so, why? If not, why not? I don't know if I'm ma...
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Milk Money: Memory's Radio Dial
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Motherhood, friendships, work and play in the vortex of New Haven, CT. Thursday, February 13, 2014. Another snow day here. The kids went out and played in it early, before the snow began to fall heavily. Now the flakes seem to be howling in every direction, criss-crossing and drifting into high corners around our 20's Cape-style house. Despite how so totally over. The snow I am this season, it's still beautiful, peaceful and quiet on our little street. Well, it's kind. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Milk Money: October 2011
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Motherhood, friendships, work and play in the vortex of New Haven, CT. Friday, October 28, 2011. Alrighty then. Week(end) two of school on tap, and we've got a winter storm warning pending for parts of the state. For real? It's not even Halloween yet! Can I write them off? Hmmm) I CANNOT STAND SITTING AT A DESK ALL DAY. Snow in October. Hilarious. I can't remember the last time this happened. The BFF and I went downtown for some Indian last night to celebrate her recent engagement (! Me: "No, that's.