Due to my failure to launch into cyberspace, I’m back home, ready to start Blogging 101. I’m skipping the required reading and going right to the agenda–which is to get myself (and most of you reading this) up to blog speed, or at least to the starting gate. WHAT IS A BLOG ANYWAY? “Blog”–short for […]
Closed Circuit
I leave for BlogHer in San Francisco; but once I start to imagine myself as part of this group, I realize I am missing the one essential accessory for a blogger: a laptop. I bought one several years ago although my son predicted I would never use it. He was wrong; I have used it. […]
What Comes First
According to reliable blogging statistics, if you are old enough to need reading glasses, you probably are not reading many blogs. Assuming that includes most people reading my new blog, I was planning to write a little guide to help everyone get the most from the experience. Which is the blind leading the blind– so […]
Winging it Back Home
I’ve become concerned about some recent changes in my son Daniel, who just finished his freshman year of college. In high school Daniel was completely normal–he played football, had lots of friends, was marginally spoiled (but in a good way) and spent a lot of time relaxing on our couch. But now that he’s home […]
Happy Anniversary??
V and I were married 14 years ago today, on July 17, 1994. But we won’t be celebrating today. Because this is not our anniversary. Our wedding was pulled together on short notice. I was relocating from Los Angeles and chose July 17 so my kids could get settled before school started. With a mountain […]
Grandma Envy
My sister Carla got married and had children way before I did; and now has identical twin granddaughters–which puts me at high risk for developing a newly identified medical syndrome called Grandma Envy. Based on cutting edge medical research, Grandma Envy has not yet been widely reported in the media. I happened to come across […]