There is nearly an entire wall of glass, beyond which there are oddly industrial yet romantic fire escape ladders. The sun pours in, washing the entire space in a honey glow. Beneath the window is a run of pipe, shuttling hot air from the radiator to and fro across the back wall, above it runs [...]
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Today, I slipped on the supermom suit. For one moment I felt like the kind of mom who sends thank you notes, bakes cookies and delivers them in seasonally appropriate bags and vessels to all the neighbors. For one afternoon I watched my girls through blurry eyes as tears of relief, satisfaction and delight streamed [...]
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Last night was the big, fancy annual event I put together for the Chamber. The decorations, purchased on a shoestring budget, looked magnificent, the girls were happily ensconced in a Governor’s Suite at The Sagamore with Nana and Ciocci Jeannie and standing on Sean’s arm, he in a dashing brown suit and me in [...]
Friday, January 18, 2008
So my new job requires that I dress a bit more like a grown up, no more scooting into work fifteen minutes late with my hair wet and my clothes in a state of disarray. I’ll wait while you get over your shock. I have always day dreamed about being one of those women who [...]
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Cagey. Cryptic. Ambiguous. My apologies, but as so many of you have experienced, when local readership catches on, one’s ability to speak freely is compromised. Yesterday marked a point in the road at which I can talk…some. Obviously there was a job offer, then another, and then from another came a counter to rival the others. [...]
Monday, December 10, 2007
Pessimism has never been my bag, it just serves no purpose. Now with kids, and knowing how fleeting time really is, I want to waste as little time as possible. The last three years have been an exercise in cutting away all which does not enrich, no more time-sucks that create tension, no more friends [...]
Friday, November 16, 2007
Have I ever told you Sean calls me Man? I may have mentioned it once or twice, as our neighbor, you know, the one I’ve likened to a creature from the Dark Crystal, once came over and expounded on all the reasons why Sean shouldn’t call me “Man.” “Fuh, stawtuhs, yure a woman, yure not [...]
Thursday, November 15, 2007
This morning brought the first frost of the season. Walking to the car, the sight of my breath surprised me and the suddenness of the cold made my eyes water. I started the car and as the defroster ran I scraped the windows, my fingertips throbbing before long. Out of the corner of my eye [...]
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Picture the scene: I am reviewing the agenda for a leadership program I’ve organized. The topic of the day: Board Responsibilities and Legal Implications of Board Participation.The morning line up: An attorney, a wealth management specialist, a bank president, and my boss. We were two hours into the session and in the midst of a [...]
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
More and more I am realizing that email can be a piss poor form of communication, so much inevitably getting lost in translation as nuance and inflection fall flat when leaping from a smudged monitor. I got an email yesterday morning from a co-worker, and don’t misunderstand, there was no nuance or finesse, just your [...]
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
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