For the past two years, since deciding to try for a baby, I’ve undergone several adjustments to my thyroid hormone: first to get myself to a level where I was able to conceive and carry a baby, ...Read More
On Monday I had my neck MRI. It took about 40 minutes, including a brief pause in the middle so they could inject me with contrast (more on that later). All weekend, I thought about how I could occupy...Read More
This morning I was listening to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and I had one of those (all too frequent) moments when I thought, “J.K. Rowling is a genius.” The scene I was liste...Read More
It took me a few nights of steady reading, but I finally finished J.K. Rowling’s new book, The Casual Vacancy. I want to preface this review with a few disclaimers. 1. I did not read any oth...Read More
How many of you watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics? If you did, can you guess what my favorite segment was? I loved the salute to children’s literature. I think it’s wonderful ...Read More
The other day, while reading the NY Times online, I stumbled across this brief, interesting article by Patricia McCormick, a young adult fiction author: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/ The artic...Read More
