"The time to relax is when you don't have time for it." Sydney J. Harris, Chicago journalist It's that time of year again. The time when, if I don't concentrate, my breaths tend to come in short gasps. "Breathe, Nora," I have told myself several times just this morning. The cause of all this air… Continue reading Just breathe
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Winners and losers
“In a time of destruction, create something.” Maxine Hong Kingston, Chinese-American author The tally is in. The intense highs and lows of last winter have taken out one climbing rose, one butterfly bush, three lavenders, one hosta and one lemon balm. Most surprising was the lemon balm, which is, oddly enough, a mint even though… Continue reading Winners and losers
Summer-sun vinaigrette
"Hunger is the best sauce." Socrates Food should taste good. It just should. That's what I keep telling our daughters when they're tempted to eat things that come out of wrappers that crinkle. With the exception of chocolate and Combos, which are clearly God's gift to the snack-food world, most food is at its best… Continue reading Summer-sun vinaigrette
Mothering fails
"A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever after." Peter DeVries, American satirist Oh, for the days when I actually knew what I was doing as a mother. I would go into a grocery store, see a toddler with orange popsicle smeared on her face and give a… Continue reading Mothering fails
Enough hoochie-mama
"What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language." Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer I have never thought about clothes more than since our daughters entered adolescence. It's a mine field out there. If designers aren't making something too short, too… Continue reading Enough hoochie-mama
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