Having a new baby in the house makes it hard to find the time to read.
Finding the time to write, is almost impossible.
If you’ve been dreaming of writing a novel while on maternity leave, you might want to start with a short story or two.
If you’ve been dreaming of reading a novel while on maternity leave, you might want to start with a short story or two.

St. Valentine’s Day is in 12 days. If you are like me, you will be greeted at the end of the work day with a bottle of wine and a bundle of grocery store flowers with the 1.99 price tag still attached. Still, marriage is not about presents or recognition. Not even when you move to another continent to help someone live his dream, not even when you give him two children and get up with one or both of them every night while he sleeps even though both of you have to work in the morning. But, that, is …read more

Time to announce the winner of Fit for Motherhood, the prize in our contest sponsored by Vidaville.
The winner is…

It’s been unseasonably cold in central Europe for the past 7 to 10 days. On the first of JUNE, I had to put two jackets on the baby just to take her for a walk. Maybe because of the weather, that we all spent the weekend being sick. My son, in particular was coughing for national pride last night. If whoever is in charge would just send along the gold medal (or is that cold medal)…
It hasn’t been all bad. We’ve been quiet and inactive and I’ve been reading Waiting for Birdy by Catherine Newman. It’s a collection of essays …read more