There’s never a good time to say goodbye to your pet, and we miss Butch very much. Baguette talks about him and Sundance and Wicket all the time, and our...
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Last of the Wild Bunch
We said goodbye to Butch on Saturday. He had a good run — he survived Sundance, who we lost to brain lesions in February 2019, by more than a year....
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Happy Halloween 2019 – and Hello, November!
To be honest, we never know what Halloween is going to bring. We’ve seen enough variation to know that the best approach is to let Baguette set the pace. Some...
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Turn and Face the Strange Ch-ch-changes
I don’t believe that anything I’m going to write about here is unique to me. But I haven’t read a lot about it, which is why I want to write...
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BookTalk: Bedtime Reading
A year and a couple of weeks ago, we started reading chapter books at bedtime. We all curl up in Baguette’s bed and read the next installment of the current...
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A Day in the Life
Here’s a thing to know as you’re picturing this: Baguette needs me to sleep with her. We are working on it. But it is hard, because I am tired. 04:30...
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Your Own Oxygen Mask
You know the maxim. Put your own mask on first. Often, though, that’s easier said than done. Because the other mask is needed so urgently, and so persistently, that it’s...
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Adjusting Expectations: Travel Edition
So I’ve been listening to podcasts for a while now, and one of my favorites is The Mom Hour with Meagan Francis and Sarah Powers. Each week they have a...
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Happy Easter
A lot of things are changing. I want to write about all of them, but I don’t have the time, energy, or focus. Here’s one: For the past several years,...
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Women’s Marches
The Women’s Marches are not for us–at least, not the big ones like L.A.’s. We decided that last year, and then Mr. Sandwich suggested we make a last minute-try, because...