Archive for the ‘Intermission’ Category
May 18, 2009
Don’t think of this as good-bye. Well, okay, maybe a little. Friends, after months of periodically mulling things over, noodling, waffling, and otherwise staring into space for extended periods of time I’ve decided it’s time to end my run here at One-Woman Show. For over two years I’ve shared my tales of juggling life, laundry and love, [...]
Posted May 18, 2009, 12:24 am
Tags: blog, curtain call, dating, finding balance, juggling, love, mothering, not the end a new beginning, parenting, taking a bow, writing
26 Comments
May 5, 2009
You know I’m not a professional book reviewer, but I do love reading fiction. So I jumped at the chance to read an advanced copy of Emily Listfield’s latest novel, Best Intentions. I read the book while vacationing in Arizona, and J. commented to me more than once that I seemed to be really into it. [...]
Posted May 5, 2009, 10:16 pm
Tags: best intentions, emily listfield, great summer read, writing and reading fiction
4 Comments
April 28, 2009
I was perusing blogs on Sunday evening and Anthony’s post at Bricks and Boxes caught my eye. He’d made himself a superhero – how cool is that?! (Perhaps my exposure to J. and his large, oh-so-painfully large comic book collection is rubbing off on me.) I just had to go to The Hero Factory site [...]
Posted April 28, 2009, 10:19 pm
Tags: bricks and boxes, create your own superhero, kick-ass heroines, spandex-lasers-and-pirates-oh-my, the hero factory
9 Comments
April 24, 2009
Right before I left for my trip last week I was pleased to learn that Modern Single Momma, founder of iheartsingle parents*, had named me one of her picks for single parent bloggers “to watch.” (Not in a creepy way, though; just because she likes our stuff.) I can’t believe I’m in such great company — [...]
Posted April 24, 2009, 1:12 pm
Tags: dinner for one, imperfect-parent, modern single momma, navigating single parenthood, negotiation, single parenting, single parents on the web
4 Comments
April 23, 2009
I’m back from my trip to Phoenix, actually got back on Sunday night — and almost immediately got hit with the reality of being back to work, kids, more wedding planning (although it’s almost all squared away now), my ImperfectParent essay (due like, now, and still not finished) and back in the Eastern time zone. Wow, [...]
Posted April 23, 2009, 2:54 pm
Tags: arizona, chihuly, desert botanical garden, dobbins lookout, hiking, phoenix, piestewa peak, scary-cute creature, taliesin west, travel, visiting
4 Comments