On January 21st 2010, I let a friend read my other and first blog- MY FAMILY IS NOT BROKEN-which had not yet been made public. I asked him not to be nice and just tell me what he thought. He never uses superlatives. I knew I could trust him. He sent me back an email "I love it. You've put tears in … [Read more...]
The One That Got Away
So I've just spent all. Freaking. Day. Writing. Writing a series of more and more circuitous blog posts. It all started off with me deciding, this morning in bed before I got up, that it was time to stop my retreat into depression. Which I really had been working up to for a few days, so it was more … [Read more...]
Reasons for Blogging: Two years later
I am so excited about the look and feel of our new site! I've been blogging for Urbanmoms for about 2 years now, and it's become an integral, hugely fulfilling part of my life. At this milestone time, which coincides with the site's "rebirth", I find myself reflecting on the … [Read more...]
Inspiration. Aspiration. Expiration?
It's an odd thing, this desire to write. More to the point: to write and to be published. So many of us have it, and so few succeed. Are we drawn to criticism, failure and self-punishment? Or is the drive to express oneself and have that expression validated by others somehow universal? I often … [Read more...]
The Next Thing on My List
I have just finished reading The Next Thing on My List by Jill Smolinski which has forced me into a position I had fully sworn off in the last couple of years: Resolutions!!! Smolinski's novel is absolute chicklit with the heroine, June Parker, discovering herself while finishing a list for a … [Read more...]
Weekend…What Weekend?
Friday night - Mr. Husband's firm's 35th anniversary celebration at the Palais Royale....I was seriously underdressed and rather self-conscious all night but champagne flowed at the entrance and the band was fantastic - Prairie Oyster Band! Saturday 6 am - rise and shine in order to line up for the … [Read more...]