“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” -William Shakespeare “We know what we are, but not what we may be.” -William Shakespeare “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” -Hamlet “Sit by my side and let the world slip: we shall ne’er be younger.” […]
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Friday Book Review: How to Read Literature Like a Professor
I’ve had How To Read Literature Like A Professor on my Kindle wish list for a long time: So it was a nice surprise to find I could borrow it for free from my library’s e-book system. (Does your library have one? Check it out!) I have to confess that I have not finished this book […]
What’s In A Blog Name?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the theme of my writing here, and what direction I want the blog to take. As recently as last week, I’d decided that since most of what I write about these days involves parenting, I would change the blog name to Parenting…And Other Life Lessons. I even registered the […]
Resolution Check-In, September Edition
Since I was five, with the exception of the last two years, I’ve been starting school the first week of September. That’s 25 years of First Days of School. Even now, while I’m still out on maternity leave, I feel the impact, as my husband and nearly all of our family are returning to the […]
How “Being” Becomes “Doing”
This post from the Simple Mom blog yesterday really resonated with me. The author resolved to spend more time just living in the moment, or “being.” She fully committed to that change in her outlook. She restructured parts of her life to suit the change. She simplified, pared down, cleared away. And then she had […]
The Discipline Muscle
This summer, while I was dieting and exercising my post-baby bod (as I wrote about in my post New Floors and Sticks of Butter), I was also exercising my discipline muscle. I used it every time I thought about the Almond Joy sundae at our local ice cream place. I used it when I felt […]