Category Archives: life

Vida Vegan Con Approacheth!

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

Vida Vegan Con is this weekend! Can you believe it? Will you be attending? Are you already in town, like my girl Joni? I am honored to be speaking at the conference as part of the Parenting Panel! If you’re … Continue reading →

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Craziest Weekend Ever

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

This past weekend was so jam-packed. Saturday was the annual Portland Adult Soapbox Derby. For the past few years, we’ve been out of town when it was happening. I thought we’d only missed two of them, but it turns out … Continue reading →

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Summer of My Dreams

Posted on August 18, 2011 by

This summer in Portland, the weather has been so perfect: alternating days of mid-70s coolness and low-to-mid-80s sunniness. I’ve heard “June gloom” and “bummer summer” used by fellow Portlanders, but I could not have designed a more ideal climate if … Continue reading →

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Change Is the Only Constant

Posted on August 17, 2011 by

I have so much to tell you! Where to begin? I came to a crossroads this summer—it was right around my 33rd birthday, come to think of it—where I realized that something had to give. Running a full-time daycare out … Continue reading →

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All Grown Up

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

In the first two years of Milo’s life, there were so many milestones that it felt like there was one happening every other day. But now that he’s three, they’re fewer and farther between, and we’ve stopped noting and reporting … Continue reading →

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The Best Dad I Know

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

Every day, I am humbled by how naturally parenting comes to my partner. Maybe it’s because he has been the stay-at-home dad to Milo since the day that Milo was born, but their communication is so effortless, their relationship so … Continue reading →

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The Year of… Wait, What?

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

This morning, I looked at the date on the calendar, and I did a not-for-the-benefit-of-comedy triple-take. It is May 16th, you guys. MID-MAY! How did this happen? The Year of Distraction is no joke. I think that the mild weather … Continue reading →

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Number 10

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

Today, I crossed off Number 10 on my 33 Before 33 list, which is: “Lose 25 lbs.” I decided on December 31 that I was 32 years old, that I had been dieting for the better part of 20 years, … Continue reading →

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I Do Not Want to Want What I Haven’t Got

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

I have been struggling a lot recently with separating my ambition from my greed. Is “recently” even right? Maybe I have been battling this on some level for most of my adult life. Every time that things are good in … Continue reading →

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Better Get Cracking

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

Just now, I was sitting in bed in my pajamas, listening to one of my favorite sounds: Matt mowing the lawn. It’s the first lawn mowing of the year, a sure sign that spring is here for real, much more … Continue reading →

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