What shameful negligence. It has been over a month since I have posted anything on this blog, and over two months since I’ve posted anything but book reviews. But March Break is over, I have dealt with the crappy bureaucracy one needs a couple of week days to deal with, and I have gained aContinue reading “Vacations are Good: Part 1”
Category Archives: A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life: September Edition
It is that time again, Saturday morning when everybody is still asleep (or in J’s case, gone to work, poor man) and I can think about posting to this blog. I have taken my computer to the little mudroom/summer breakfast nook off our kitchen and am looking out at a grey sky and the canopyContinue reading “A Day in the Life: September Edition”
Manage your Expectations Shmexpectations
We have been avidly going through the TV series Breaking Bad these days, a show about an overqualified, and underpaid high school chem teacher who turns to making crystal meth in order to provide for his family when he is dead. One of the main characters gets shot and affects the nerves in his legs.Continue reading “Manage your Expectations Shmexpectations”
Parent Presence Required: Something has to give
I have come to a hard conclusion in these last couple of months. It has come after banging my head against the wall, lamenting my lack of time to devote to my writing. Predictably, this has only resulted in a large mental bruise (I wasn’t literally banging my head against the wall- I’m no masochist.)Continue reading “Parent Presence Required: Something has to give”
Is it over yet? A Day in the Life: End of School Year Edition
Tired. Fatigued. Exhausted. Overrun. Overwhelmed. Sleep deprived. Haggard. Bushed. Worn out. Knackered. Drained. Burnt- out. Can’t find anymore synonyms to correspond with this end-of-the year feeling. You know. That feeling you get when just as you’re about to finish the last act, all the balls you’ve been juggling since September are going to come crashingContinue reading “Is it over yet? A Day in the Life: End of School Year Edition”
On Remembering my Child is not just a Mini Copy of Me
I phoned home before I left work. It was the shortened day of the week for the kids, and they would have been home for a while. I phoned to make sure all was alright, and whether I needed to pick anything up on my way home. My oldest daughter answered, saying everything was fine,Continue reading “On Remembering my Child is not just a Mini Copy of Me”
On Discovering I’m a Stereotype of the Jane Austen Variety
I guess we all are in probably more ways than one. Which, of course means that if you are more than one stereotype, you are probably not stereotypical as two conflicting stereotype characteristics would cancel each other out. Right? But I ramble. So sue me. It’s early and I haven’t had coffee yet. In theContinue reading “On Discovering I’m a Stereotype of the Jane Austen Variety”
The tiger mom debate: to roar or not to roar?
Recently, a Chinese American mother of two (not to mention fancy law professor and author of two other books on globalization and free market democracy) has caused major controversy with her new Memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. In this book she details her strict philosophy with her daughters: no sleep overs, no playContinue reading “The tiger mom debate: to roar or not to roar?”
It’s a Girl’s World: Comments on an NFB film about bullying
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Style: A Conversation
Okay. This is getting ridiculous. I haven’t posted for two weeks but I swear it isn’t because I have nothing to say. No. I always have something to say. More like I have too many things to talk about and my need to deal with only one issue per post, combined with June craziness andContinue reading “Style: A Conversation”
Lina Branter 