Sleep–Not Just for Wusses

September 7, 2011

I read an excellent–and compelling–article the other day about the impact of sleep deprivation on the developing brains of teens and children.  I know a lot of teenagers (I have two in my house, actually), and I don’t know a single one who gets enough sleep.  I’ve written here in the past about the connection [...]

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Limping Susan

September 6, 2011

You remember Hoppin’ John, right?  Well, meet Hoppin’ John’s unfortunately-named cousin–Limping Susan.  I had never heard the name Limping Susan till a local restaurant owner wrote about it in his weekly newsletter–but the dish was totally familiar.  Rice, tomatoes, okra–some of my favorite things, all jumbled together.  I don’t know who  gave it such a [...]

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But What About the Trophies?

September 2, 2011

Those trophies represent Delaney’s childhood/tween-age softball career–four years, if I recall correctly, playing both spring and fall seasons.  The kid loves some softball, which is great.* But . . . what in the world are we going to do with all those trophies?  It’s an odd phenomenon, the childhood sports trophy, made meaningless by its [...]

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Chocolate–It’s Not Just For Breakfast Anymore

September 1, 2011

Great news!  Chocolate is good for your heart.  Admittedly, some of us don’t need to be convinced, but for those of you who do, you can read more here, or if you prefer a more visual explanation, here . On a related note–that little Hershey’s snack-sized bar in the photo above?  It has 77 calories. [...]

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Stop Whining!

August 31, 2011

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m in a couple of writing/critique groups.  I love my groups.  I’ve made new friends, learned a lot about the writing life, and honed my skills as both a writer and a reader. Having said all that, though, I have to confess that I struggle with a Very Bad Habit.  I [...]

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It’s Too Noisy in Here

August 29, 2011

There’s too much noise in my head lately. I thought it was just having the children hanging around the house during their summer break.  But then they went back to school, and my head wouldn’t settle down.  I thought it was the drama of the first days of school–we’ve never been all that good at [...]

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A New Take on Romeo and Juliet

August 29, 2011

I realized something important–life-changing, in fact–on my run yesterday. We’ve been reading Romeo and Juliet all wrong. Remember when your high school English teacher got all weepy about the beauty of young love, the tragedy of their untimely deaths, the grief and passion of life in Verona, as painted by The Bard? Dude.  She was [...]

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How I know I’m turning into my mother

August 26, 2011

I’m sitting here at the kitchen table, watching Twitter and Facebook and all the news sites panic over Hurricane Irene’s approach.  I may regret this by tomorrow afternoon, but I just can’t work up too much energy about the whole thing.  This time last Friday I was pretty well freaked out that my husband was [...]

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“Ned” Update

August 25, 2011

Some of you may remember my post from several months ago about “Ned,” the guy from Lee’s office who was getting ready to move to Argentina. Well, he up and did it.  He sold/dumped all of his furniture, whittled his wardrobe down to suitcase-size, and headed south.  His flight got in yesterday morning; we talked [...]

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Storing Medication

August 24, 2011

This article has us a little concerned.  It says you should never let your medications get hot. Um, ours come in the mail–in North Carolina.  It gets mighty hot in our black mailbox, with the summer sun beating down.  And insurance companies are beginning to require the use of mail-order prescription services like Medco. (Of [...]

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