If you haven’t heard from me for awhile and you wonder where I’ve been, this is a good time to re-mention that I have changed my name from Middle Aged Plague to This Woman Writes. You can find, and follow, me at www.ThisWomanWrites.AreaVoices.com, and if you’re used to reading me on a particular newspaper blogging platform, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘motherhood’
Black Friday — Shopping Can Be Fun, Really
November 19th, 2012
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Any of you with teenagers know that you’re frequently unpopular with them for major issues like, say, breathing, and for awhile, our policy of not buying electronics, CDs, DVDs, or digital detritus really affected our poll numbers. “But it’s what I WANT,” they argued. “Don’t you want to buy me a gift that I WANT?” [...]
Mr. Smith Stays out of Washington
November 15th, 2012
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Tired-of-Being-Youngest is attending culinary school, which I assure you is just as delicious as it sounds. I can’t wait until spring quarter, when she studies Baking and Pastries, and am sure that I will work off all of her homework assignments by some extra time in the garden. One of the most amazing things about [...]
Let Freedom Ring — Start with School Lunch
October 24th, 2012
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Well, so the election is coming up, or sort of happening, the excitement of an actual election day long watered down by a two or three or four-week voting “process.” Somehow, it’s just not the same thing, sitting down at the dining room table with a black pen and a vote-by-mail ballot, calling the progeny [...]
“The Least of These” Are Great Indeed
October 3rd, 2012
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Wisdom comes from the strangest places. I have just finished reading my latest novel, The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, which is admittedly a children’s book that the Toddler and I enjoyed before naptime, but there’s more substance to it than in a slew of recent grown-up, top seller fare. Briefly, a happy [...]
Snow Patrol: I Love You, but My Family Doesn’t
September 26th, 2012
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The atmosphere in the car crackled with hostility. (How is that for a cheesy, spy novel introduction?) I had just taken over the wheel, prepared to drive the mind-numbingly boring section. The Norwegian Artist, who, per our long understood agreement does the metro stuff and winding mountainous roads, settled in the passenger seat with a [...]
The Single Most Significant Thing I Do
September 12th, 2012
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The other day was one of those in which nothing ever quite worked out the way it was supposed to, schedules were disrupted, the computer acted up, and everybody was hungry but no one had any inspiration, or time, to make dinner — you’ve seen this before, haven’t you? I was waiting around for a [...]
Get Me to the Church on Time — Or, Not
August 29th, 2012
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There is this pervasive, and perverse, belief in Christian communities that one of the hallmarks of a true believer is the tendency to get up early– really early, say 5 a.m. or 4:30. Otherwise, you’re a sluggard, the Proverbs one. This verse (Proverbs 6:9 if you promise not to slap someone with it) is enough [...]
E-book — The Jane Austen Driving School
July 31st, 2012
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The newly published Jane Austen Driving School is the second volume in the Ordinary Life Is Beautiful E-book Series, adding to the stories and illustrations of Life Is a Gift. Thirty short, easy-to-read, fun and funny stories bring readers into the household of the Norwegian Artist, the Polish Writer, their progeny, and their eclectic and [...]
Bathtime at the O.K. Corral
July 18th, 2012
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I’ve noticed a couple things about the end of the day: 1) we’re all tired. 2) If the Toddler has been with us for the day, not only is she tired along with the rest of us, but she’s extra, extra dirty. The Toddler plays hard, and by the end of the day, she shows [...]
