A preview: I am now officially working with Help a Mother Out, slowly but surely creating a Los Angeles area presence. Why? Because their simple model - point, click, help - makes it easy for you to make a difference in a baby's life from the comfort of your desk chair.We're … [Read more...]

Despite the twin crippling effects of my bad back and my slow computer, the 4th of July came and went. I managed to drag myself out with the boyz to a block party in a friend's neighborhood, and since I sat poolside, I got this rare photo of them swimming. Brady has taken to … [Read more...]

"Though the bead seems divided, it has always been one and whole."I've been wanting to post about these earrings for a while. Now seems like the right time.They came from a shop on Etsy. The artisan is a young woman in Canada who is studying German. We follow each other on … [Read more...]

2002Tomorrow is my seventh wedding anniversary.Amid reports of new divorce filings - by friends, friends of friends, and celebrities, who, while not friends, exactly, take up more space in my conscious brain than they should - my husband and I will pass through this milestone in … [Read more...]

Someone asked me the other day "Why aren't you a PR rep or an agent?" I told her that it was a good question, and I am still thinking about it 24 hours later, because shortly before she asked me, in an email to another woman, I had written the sentence "I think of myself as a … [Read more...]