Real writing for real life.
Every night this week the kids and I have had something going on after school and work: Monday: attended a friend’s jewelry party with Drama Girl while T-Rex attended a Cub Scouts meeting with The Ex Tuesday: worked from home followed by an orthodontist consult for Drama Girl followed by errands followed by the annual Brownies’ campfire and an evening hayride [...]
One of the hardest things to do when you haven’t been blogging regularly is to write your first post-hiatus entry. Say, like this one, which starts with a non-statement of the obvious to fill space. So, rather than think through all the options for restarting my blog with vim and vigor as I’ve been doing [...]
Tonight I went to Drama Girl’s Brownie meeting to help out with her troop’s “Try It” activity. A Try It, as the name implies, is an activity that fosters creativity and friendship and teamwork and learning something new and blah-blah-blahbadee-blah-blah-blah. Drama Girl likes her troop and so do I (as much as one likes such [...]
It's been some time since I left One-Woman Show to pursue happy life changes offline. The thing is, I couldn't stay away. The Next Stage is about my ever-changing family and life as part of the Sandwich Generation, plus old dreams and new. These are still my tales of "juggling life, laundry and love" -- just a little older, wiser and with a few more wrinkles.
