Remember Halloween?
 
It was only a few weeks ago, but already it seems months have passed.  Nothing like an historic presidential election to make you forget about a silly children’s holiday.
 
But I did want to post a quick blog about my daughter’s first excursion into trick-or-treating.  After a fun party at her school, she straightened her [...]

Karma’s so cute, isn’t it?
 
I worked in retail for about eight years.  Anyone who’s also done time in the dank depths of this particular circle of hell will tell you that, like dog years, retail years need to be extrapolated out.  So, I worked in retail for about 64 years.
 
When my friend Sue and I [...]

 
I love camping.  I never went as a kid, but during my decade in California I dated enthusiasts who opened this world to me.  It’s been a pretty cushy world because of that, since the man was the one to set up the tent, start the fire and lug all the stuff to the site.
 
My [...]

The first time I ever did anything social alone was during a 1½-day layover in London. I was in my mid-30s and had never even seen a movie by myself, much less experienced 36 hours in a foreign country alone. I steeled myself and saw two theater productions (thankfully, because one became my all-time favorite [...]

 
Do they make dryer sheets for toddlers?  Because mine has a serious case of static cling.
 
After eight days in school, my daughter has her first ear infection.  Bilateral.  I have had a very, very long weekend. 
 
It began when I tried to leave for work Friday afternoon, at 3 p.m.  She began to shriek and [...]

 
Today was day three of my daughter’s ‘school’ career. She wasn’t too happy when I began to extricate myself from her grasp to head to work. She began crying and begging “I want to go home now!” and “Don’t leave me!” It was brutal.
 
I hugged and kissed her many times and assured her that I [...]

 
So today I made my first school lunch, packed my first backpack of necessities and brought my daughter to her first (half-)day at school. My mother came with us to provide media coverage (in the form of my video and digital cameras). I was humored with one moment of leg-grabbing upon entering the building, but [...]

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One hundred years ago, when I started kindergarten at the now-razed Eastman Lane Kindergarten in Nashua, I was at least five years old, possibly six. Up until that time, I had enjoyed my toddlerhood and burgeoning kidhood by romping through the neighborhood and woods with the other children, playing with my toys, drawing and watching [...]

 
One of the great things about having a toddler is the impetus to get out and do stuff.  Granted, I’m not the most energetic, get-up-and-go mom in my circle, but the last two weekends my daughter and I definitely got up and went.
 
This past Saturday, we took Auntie and went to Greeley Park for Children’s [...]