Well aged
As I sit here, my dog is glaring at me from across the room. No reason, really, she’s just on the arm of the sofa (she thinks she’s a cat) falling into her early-late afternoon nap. Her late-late afternoon nap …
Oh, dear February…
It’s winter. Very winter. Mid-way through the longest short month of the year, well into the “hunker down and pray” portion of the season. If not for my Happy Lamp I’m certain I would have gone over the deep end …
If Juanita the Weasel had gifted kids
Are you a fan of The Bloggess? No? For shame! You don’t like laughing til you tinkle in your panties? Expand your horizons people! I routinely read The Bloggess for damp laughs, and the last couple of days have more …
Parents count, too
Today is my day to post at An Intense Life. The topic? The needs of parents of gifted kids. I believe that too often parents put their needs last (and hooboy am I guilty of that), but you can’t pour from …
The full brain and perfectionism
I feel this way more often than not. So much information coming in it’s like drinking from a fire hose. You lean down to take a sip, and BLAM! A face full of water…erm…information. This is one of my favorite …
Permission to play
The boys are Cub Scouts. Some people love the scouts, others revile them. Me? I’ve seen what good the Boy Scouts did for my brother and I’m a supporter. I do not like their politics (I’m as liberal as they …
Guest post: Christine Fonseca and “Dies Irae”
I am so fortunate, and so grateful, to know Christine Fonseca. We met last year as she was promoting her two non-fiction books on gifted students, and I’m honored to call her a friend. (Full disclosure: I am one of …
I swear I’m not bragging
So. Um. Hi there. It’s been a hell of a 24 hours here. Last night about this time I sat down to finally read a blog post I saw on my Facebook feed, one that someone suggested might irritate me. …
I DON’T brag about my gifted kid
Good God, here we go again. And I thought it was going to be a quiet evening, just me and a glass of wine and the dog and doing a little writing on my book. But it’s amazing how fast …
Create or consume?
How do you use the internet? Well, besides the very obvious act of sitting in front of your favorite screen and reading these words. And these. And the ones to follow. There are different ways of using the internet and I’m …