The man-cold of change
When things go wrong, or my plans change, I am like a man with a cold. We have all encountered the man-cold, even if as removed from us personally as the guy behind us in line for coffee. A man with a...
View ArticleWhen you need a friend
It was Saturday. I woke up jealous and angry. Some days are just like that. The kids had soccer practice at two different times that morning. My husband, hung-over from 20 hours of travel and back from...
View ArticleIce breaker: or how a sandwich helped my random comments research
I recently wrote a post about blog comments. I have my opinions about this, but then WordPress also suggested we go forth and comment. So here is my research following up on the Weekly Writing...
View ArticleMr. Armstrong attempts escape
Recently, we almost lost a member of our family. My daughter gets some of her more endearing qualities from me. Some other traits -determined, stubborn, and demanding- she also inherited from me. Using...
View ArticleSeeking support and solutions
Reblogged from Black Box Warnings: We were secretly blessed with the birth of Sweet Baboo. He was completely different, right from the start, than First Born Experiment. For one, he was a boy. His...
View ArticleIn case of emergency: save the hamster
My kids are six and 9. They are smart, resourceful people, but they are 6 and 9 years old. They sometimes wonder what the cartoon characters on TV do when everyone else is at school, or how Santa can...
View ArticleFame and Glory and Freshly DePressed
Reblogged from Freshly DePressed: Hi, my name is Tania @ iRuniBreathe. I was Freshly Pressed for Mind the Gap: Who sets the table? It’s been one month and one day since I was famous. I started blogging...
View ArticleMy name in numbers
I’m sitting in the car, in the driveway, scanning my newly created Twitter feed. I only joined a few days ago and already I’m smitten. Also, I’m feeling left out. It’s another social media circus where...
View ArticleWho is a nice human being?
Someone I work with was recently charged with a crime. It was all very sudden and out of character. It got me thinking about how much we know about people, how we present a professional persona, or...
View ArticleBlogroll Inductee - iRun iBreathe
Reblogged from A Clown On Fire: The Great XMAS Blogroll Induction Extravaganza – Day 4. "Is it true that Le Clown will follow back everyone who follows him"? That was my first contact with Tania. My...
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