The brand-new issue of Mosaic Minds went live yesterday morning, and it’s jam-packed with great stuff! The theme is “Just a little …” and the issue is more than just a little terrific! My contributions this time were a feature article, a couple of recipes, and my regular book column. Check it out!
To say that Lydia was born when I was least prepared to have a baby is something of an understatement. Though I was in my early twenties and had recently graduated from college, I felt then and feel now that I was way too young to be someone’s mother. I was unemployed and lived in… Read More Firstborn
Earlier this week my friend Leslie and I made plans for and her son to come up and spend Thanksgiving with us here in the Far North. I usually get down to Stockholm once or twice a year, but she hasn’t been up here since just a few months after we made the move, when… Read More Thinking ahead
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Olof’s off to Uppsala in the morning and he’ll be gone for three days. Bah. Luckily Helena is coming out to stay for at least part of the time so I won’t be totally on my own with all the kids and dogs and related hassles. My MS has been flaring up to various degrees… Read More Sunday
Petra is the easiest baby in the history of babies. Seriously. She’s a smiley little thing, cheerful and easy-going. She’s a good sleeper and has been sleeping through the night most nights since she was about a week old. Sometimes she’ll want to eat once during the night, but since she sleeps in our bed… Read More Baby Talk
I’m fresh out of things to write about, a bit of an unfortunate circumstance for anyone who’s still reading, given that I haven’t written much of note for weeks now. It’s not that I don’t want to write, or that I don’t care about my blog … it’s just that I have a hard time… Read More A C-note in a Beaver Dam
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