the latest posts tagged ‘children’
a mouthful of carolina
If your kid is at Duke, you stay at the WaDu* when you visit. The last time I was there was in ’96 when Amy and Chris were graduating from law school. Mr. Forte and his dad Ed, me and my stepmother Margery and dozens of chirping, booming knots of other graduates’ families and friends…
just shut it
People would get along a lot better if everyone kept stuff to themselves. You know, like it was when there was a stringent social code of what you could and shouldn’t talk about, before it became all the rage to share. Let’s start with: I have issues and so do you. There are things…
Gin: It’s What’s for Dinner
I usually write about things that make me happy, so you’re probably expecting this to be about my handsome husband or music or maybe lobster and Jarlsberg potato galettes. Instead I’m serving up sadness that will drop you to your knees and the smell of bile. Sound like fun? Good. Pull up a barstool and…
Vegetables for Kids 101
I love vegetables because I’ve been eating them since I can remember putting food in my mouth. My daughter loves vegetables because I fed them to her as soon as she could chew. Her daughter loves… You get it, I know. But if you didn’t start when your kids were so young that they…