27

Sep

Quarantine Weekend

Our family quarantine weekend has come to an end. This morning I cleaned up the wadded tissues that littered every table and pulled back the window curtains. Hello world! It all started like this…. at the beginning of last week I had a sore throat. Big deal. By Tuesday I had a little cold. Whatever. […]

15

Sep

Oldest Child Syndrome

Like most people with pets, we consider ours a member of our family. Recently, we’ve been concerned that our cat, Zydeco, has developed a complex. His attention spotlight has faded drastically after the baby’s arrival and to compensate he’s been an absolute terror. If I’m holding Lorelei, he stares at me while clawing the carpet […]

12

Sep

Life A Little Less Ordinary

In the beginning… I suppose the very, very, absolute beginning of this particular story… my story…. our story…. stems from one extremely snowy Friday night in Brooklyn. It was cold and wet, but it was a long week, so after work a few friends and I broke free from our Manhattan offices to the comforts […]