A picture is worth a thousand words. Unfortunately, a lot of people seem to think the old proverb means “I should spill a lot of words being critical of that thing I see in the picture” rather than it’s original meaning, that a complex idea or story can be conveyed with a single still image. If you… Read More
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Insta: The Return
I’m back! Mostly, anyway… Thank you so much for your patience while I took a brief hiatus. My target is to get back onto my regular posting schedule of Tuesdays and Thursdays plus the snippets on Fridays, but I’m not going to beat myself up if it doesn’t always work that way. It’s a target… Read More
Breaking
Both of my kids are the inspiration for this blog, but Nathan was the catalyst. In the beginning, it was a place where I – a mom who’d just been surprised with a second child with a disability – dumped my thoughts, my family and a few friends read them, and I went on about my… Read More
Why I Don’t Do Field Trips (and Barely Survived Shrek, Jr.)
At long last, Shrek, Jr. the Musical arrived. After four months of biweekly practices and four nights of four-hour rehearsals last week, Mr. Andi, Nathan, my mother-in-law, and I hauled our cookies to the Mayberry Civic Center for the production. The cast was large and ranged in age from 4th grade through 8th grade. Sarah Kate… Read More
Seven Snippets: The Role of Feet in Clarinet Playing, Sarah Kate Goes Goth (and Breaks a Leg)
— 1 — Sarah Kate’s first band concert was on Tuesday night. I’ll be honest – we were not expecting all that much from a bunch of sixth graders new to band, but they actually sounded really good. We chose seats on the front row, but several latecomer clarinet players showed up and added chairs… Read More
One Way I Stay Sane When It’s Time to Cook Dinner
When I was a kid, my mom (like 1970s-era moms everywhere) would sometimes cook tuna casserole, and I hated it. Back in those days I wasn’t a fan of most casseroles, but tuna was particularly loathsome. Once, when I was about seven, my mom insisted I was NOT going to get up from the table… Read More