A Mindful Life

We had fun with shaving cream and food coloring!

So the common wisdom says. Apparently everything tastes good to the hungry palate. But when sick, it’s hard to know one is hungry, because smell and taste are linked so closely; even a growling stomach feels muffled to some extent. Tonight I was able to taste my dinner. It was lovely. I can mostly breathe, [...]

After nap Claire decided to bring many stuffed animals downstairs. She lined them up on the couch and told them stories, and then she lined them up on the floor and pretended they were watching television. There was one arrangement that caught my eye. I was feeling absurd, and this configuration of Piglet in Pooh’s [...]

Happy New Year!

The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep. –Alan Patrick Herbert

Happiness abounds in the ordinary. Of course, it helps to have a good night’s sleep.

This is a neat idea. (See the movie here if it doesn’t embed.) More fun videos here!

OMG, I haven’t got my child enrolled for preschool this fall! Nearly every other mother I know whose child is about to turn two has taken care of this. I haven’t since I thought we’d be moving and wanted to see where we’d be before I pursued this. Oh no. My child won’t be ready [...]

You know you are in California when: Your coworker has 8 body piercings and none are visible. You make over $250,000 and still can’t afford a house. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English. Your child’s 3rd grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and [...]

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. –Phyllis Diller It’s a Sisyphean task, but someone’s gotta do it.