Category Archives: IMBALANCE

In My Heart, by Molly Bang (Little Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006). This book is great on so many levels! Kyle and Owen like it a lot, and have for at least a year or two now. In the … Continue reading →

Last night, while I was putting Meera to bed, I was going through my normal nightly routine with her. She has her bottle in her bed now (yes, she still has a bed-time bottle, and yes, as far as I’m … Continue reading →

Driving home today my dashboard thermometer read 108 degrees first day of fall semester classes another year begun at work still summer at home but fall is in the air A perfect imbalance of anticipation and apprehension A hot breeze … Continue reading →

We are halfway through what is by far our best summer ever. We are savoring every juicy bite of watermelon, every splash in the pool, every morning of laying around in Mommy and Papi’s bed with the sun streaming in … Continue reading →

existential crisis: a stage of development at which an individual questions the very foundations of his or her life, whether their life has any meaning, purpose or value. Last week Margie was on vacation. I took the week off to … Continue reading →

Today I came home early to pick up Meera and bring her to her 2-Year-Old-Well-Baby-Check-Up. When I arrived the boys were running around the driveway, wearing their perfect summer outfits: nothing but bathing suits. Margie had Meera dressed up for … Continue reading →

Oh my God– seriously– Meera just keeps getting cuter and cuter. Even when she’s having a Terrible Terrific Two’s Tantrum Meltdown Moment (which she’s having about once every-other-day on average now), she’s still cuter than heck. Anyway… yesterday was Meera’s … Continue reading →

Let it be noted: On Wednesday, June 2, 2010, for the very first time ever in his entire six-year-long life, Kyle Macon Johnson-McCormick rejected the outfit laid out for him by his mother. Up until that date, for his entire … Continue reading →

Last week of classes at Lehigh + Boys’ huge birthday bash on Saturday + MorMor here for a few days to help me with all that needs to be done (including, first and foremost, helping to maintain my sanity) + … Continue reading →

It feels like with spring, our whole family is having some kind of growth spurt. Owen has shot up in height, is going to bed better than ever and teaching himself to read; Kyle is on to his next conceptual … Continue reading →

Last week I went to Princeton to give a talk. I had agreed to this speaking engagement awhile ago. But as I was driving home from it — planning my route strategically so that I would be able to stop … Continue reading →

There are many types of stones and rock ranging in hardness and density and color and texture. All across the world different stones show up at the surface of our planet. And when they do arrive, coming up from the … Continue reading →

We have an apple cart; a very beautiful, solid apple cart. Maybe it’s maple, maybe it’s oak. An apple cart a collector would love. An apple cart many people would love to have, but most will not. An apple cart … Continue reading →