Aging
I’m 40 Now
I’m forty now (Ok, forty-six) A decent age I’ve had my fix Of parties, hoo-has, galas, and more Of drunken evenings on the shore My worries now Have changed…
Book Review — I Am Malala
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Most everyone by now, I suppose, knows who Malala Yousafzai is.…
My Box. MINE.
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] I’m not really a stuff person, not really. I mean, I have stuff, too much stuff (mostly books), but I recognize that I don’t have much of…
Book Review — On Truth
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] On Truth I was wandering the stacks in the library, when I came upon the audio book for “On Truth” by Harry Frankfurt. Something about it caught…
Teenager Exchange Program
In the division of labor in the Duff house, my daughter has what is probably the easiest job – emptying the dishwasher. It isn’t hard to do, or particularly time…
It Comes in Threes
Honestly, the day started out just fine if you don’t count the fact that I had to set my alarm for 6 on a Saturday morning. I drove my…
BOOK REVIEW: A Wrinkle In Time
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet) When I was a child, before “Young Adult” was a genre that was really…
On the Road with Mario
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] My husband’s name is Mike, not Mario, but you wouldn’t know it from the way he drives. I’m pretty sure that my husband goes out of his…
Book Review: The House on Beartown Road
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] The Family on Beartown Road: A Memoir of Love and Courage “The House on Beartown Road” by Elizabeth Cohen is a memoir with an interesting premise. It…
Someone Else’s Life (With a Side of Drag)
[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup]The other day, I went out to brunch with some old college friends that I hadn’t seen in a while. Three of us had kids, roughly the same…
