From the monthly archives:

March 2012

Distracted

March 8, 2012

I’ve been very distracted lately, reading The Hunger Games, which I love, and not reading The Orphan Master’s Son, which I don’t love but like as a friend and which my book group is discussing next week. But that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been writing! Just this week, for example, I’m over at The […]

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Elementary

March 7, 2012

Young Ladrinka is learning about the Periodic Table of Elements. And I’m drinking wine. Hey, we all have our talents.

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How To Remember Which Months Have 30 Days

March 6, 2012

The list of things that I am bad at includes but is not limited to remembering which months have 30 days and which ones have 31. I know March has 31 because that happens to be my birthday (I’ll wait while you mark your calendar) and I know that February has 28.25, but other than […]

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It’s So Hard To Pick a Favorite Child

March 5, 2012

On Sunday I came back home from a grueling weekend of relaxing in Miami. “How much did you miss me?” I asked my children. “On a scale of one to a million?” “Two,” my teenage daughter said. “Negative twenty,” Young Ladrinka piped in. It’s so adorable when they learn their numbers.

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The Blogger’s Mile High Club

March 2, 2012

I am writing this post from very high up in the sky. No, I’m not in Heaven (this better not be, I just paid $7 for a Chardonnay). I’m on an airplane, going to Miami, where I am meeting some friends to play mah jongg. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? When Young Ladrinka asked me why […]

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It’s My Birth Month. And a Sponsored Video

March 1, 2012

Today is March 1st, which kicks off my birth month. I wish I could celebrate all month long. Because unlike many women of a certain age, I love my birthday. I love the fact that I am surrounded by people that I love, I love the people that my children are, I love that I […]

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