Write what you know
They say to write what you know, so… I know that I’ve become a listening ear for moms of gifted kids. I’m noticing that more and more I’m talking to moms and convincing them they’re not crazy, or that they’re …
The importance of Evernote
When you can look off your back porch and see people’s homes and livelihoods go up in smoke, to smell that smoke, to see the ash that was once someone’s house land in your garden…you start thinking about your own …
Not aflame but still hot
So you may have heard that there’s a significant fire in foothills above Boulder. I took this picture this evening, and it doesn’t do justice to the smoke. This photo is an improvement over this morning’s shot, which was just …
Such First World problems
My husband has had an iPhone for the last couple of months and has yet to set up his voice mail. This isn’t usually a problem until I try to reach him. Perfectly ripe organic Colorado peaches with organic heavy …
Put up or shut up
Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Botulism? Not me! Anymore. For years upon years upon an unreal number of years I have wanted to learn to can fruits and veggies. Something deep and dark in my psyche would awaken in …
Raising complex kids is hard
As I obviously have an altar for the Goddess of All Obviousness, permit me to also acknowledge the following: Water is wet. Sky is blue. Sun is bright. Deep breath…Ommmm…erm…Duhhhhhhhhhhhhh….. I decided a few months ago to refer my sons …
Back to reality
For the last two weeks, I have been in maintenance mode. Anything and everything that could be put off until August 18th was. Emails? Unless urgent, postponed. Phone calls the same. Blogging fuggedaboutit. Books, errands, miscellaneous B.S. that needs to …
The last days of summer
Ah, while autumn does not begin for another six weeks or so, summer ends here in six days. Next Wednesday, and not a moment too soon, the boys will find themselves with a mom foot firmly in their rears pushing …
Ode to a Sunday nap
Oh, Sunday nap, how you elude me. I yearn for your soft embrace, yet you stay just out of reach. The few times that we have hooked up it has been a blissful union, and I miss those halcyon days. …
Vote for SENG in the Pepsi Refresh Project!
*Pinned to the front page through the month of August* ******************************************************* Imagine a kid who not only isn’t in any parenting book or magazine, but has been described as “the most complex child I’ve ever seen” by countless teachers, administrators, …