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About Me: I'm a freelance writer living in Northampton, MA, with my husband and two daughters. I used to work for Wondertime magazine; now I work for me.

Apr 4
Lila wanted to climb the dogwood and read her book. Kid needs a treehouse, clearly.

Lila wanted to climb the dogwood and read her book. Kid needs a treehouse, clearly.


This, I think, is what childhood should look like.

This, I think, is what childhood should look like.


Stella and her friend Ben built some prime fairy real estate today.

Stella and her friend Ben built some prime fairy real estate today.


Mar 25

Ixnay on the ampooshay

I realize I’m going to gross a lot of people out by posting this. But: I stopped shampooing my hair about two weeks ago.

No, really. I shower every day, and condition my hair every day, too. I massage my scalp with the conditioner and rinse my hair well.  But…no more shampoo.  My hair is very thick and wavy, and tends toward dry; my scalp had been itchy and flaky lately, too.  

What brought this on? Recently, a couple friends of mine with curly hair told me they had stopped shampooing a long time ago.  Apparently it’s a thing. So, figuring I could always break out the shampoo bottle if it didn’t work, I decided to give the no ‘poo regimen (as it’s so cleverly called) a shot.

And? I kind of think it looks great. It doesn’t appear greasy at all; Chris swears it smells good. My scalp feels healthier.  And I get to feel all radical, sticking it to the man by refusing to buy his shampoo.


Mar 24

Birthday Par-tay

It was a tropical party. This meant flowered leis, umbrellas in the pink lemonade, and (of course) the limbo.

And don’t forget birthday cake.

Don’t work too hard, Dad.


Mar 23

Procrastination

Oh, deadlines. I count on you, I need you, and yet I also hate you. Is this the way of all true loves?

Instead of meeting my deadline in a timely fashion, perhaps I will go look at cute videos of kitties online.  


Mar 21

I’m guessing it was a disappointing visit

I’m doing a little trolling around Google Analytics this evening, and I decided to see what search terms are bringing people to this site.  Among the top ten: “segregation nuts.”

(Number 12: “will planters cashews cure my toothache.”)


Mar 18
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It’s spring, which is the time for bunes. That’s right: Bunes.


Observations

Lila’s birthday was a smashing success. “I had a fabulous birthday,” she sighed as I tucked her into bed. For one thing, it was St. Patrick’s Day, as always.  For another, it was a drop-dead gorgeous sunny day:

(Stella’s modeling the appropriate head gear.)

Also, we went to Lila’s favorite Mexican joint for soft tacos, where she demonstrated her imitation of a T. Rex:

And Stella responded with her zombie schtick:

Which was followed, naturally, by ice cream at Herrell’s. Lila was entitled to a free “medium” (enormous) sundae, which she insisted on getting, then ate a third of it. Stella needed a (not free) medium sundae as well, and she ate an eighth of that.

Anyway, all good.

And meanwhile, KitchenDaily —for whom I am a contributing blogger — went live yesterday, too:

http://www.kitchendaily.com/family-chef

Come check it out! (No really, please. Check it out, okay?)


Mar 17
The Birthday Girl

The Birthday Girl