Library card
Every day when I come to the intersection right before my daughter’s elementary school, I see it. This particular branch of the Los Angeles Public Library has been tempting me ever since I started going next door to the sandy, sunny park next door with my children. Today I had half an hour to spend […]
Making a fortune on adultery
It takes a lot of money to advertise on CNN. I’ve been watching Anderson Cooper off and on, interspersing his show with Matthews, Olberman, and Maddow on MSNBC. The ads that run between segments on CNN are usually paid for by energy companies, claiming that they are investing in alternative energy sources while slipping in […]
The most popular kid on the preschool playground
My younger child just started preschool, the same one that his older sister just graduated from. It’s a developmental school, which I take to mean gentle and child-centered, though I don’t want to sound hung-up on labels. Just as I was last time, when my daughter “transitioned” to preschool, I am the last parent there. […]
Middle-aged PDA
My husband and I are an old couple. While we are still shy of what everyone in their 30s and 40s defines as “middle aged” these days, we are nearing the center point of an optimistic life expectancy. We’re an old couple because we’ve been together for almost half of our lives. We are a […]
Mac lovin’
I’m working on a Mac for the first time since about 1994. In those days, I got the college special, a giant cube with a keyboard purchased at the start of the school year. The ultimate in school supplies, the computer was supposed to make my senior thesis easier to write. It would allow me […]
