In the documentary Grey Gardens, Big Edie and Little Edie – depicted here in egg form – fought eviction from their beautifully decomposing Hamptons house. But that was nothing compared to the indignities of life in the fridge. If you haven’t yet checked out the brave women, dogs and babies in Jean’s Grey Gardens contest, [...]
When Josie was a toddler, I dutifully subscribed to family-activity magazines. I always started by saying “Look! We should go to that tree-climbing family eco-resort in Costa Rica!” and finished by hurling it at the wall. And oh, the food projects. Every kids’ activity involved seemed to turn string cheese into castles or candy bars [...]
Posted in eggs on Apr 12th, 2008
Change is hard. To do it right, you have to crack a few eggs. And I did. I dragged that tomboy blog inside and gave it a makeover. Pretty. But, did you notice? All the comments are gone. Months of chatter – back and forth, stories and advice, questions and answers. Gone. Yep, they’ve gone [...]
Posted in eggs on Mar 21st, 2008
My family picked up some salad bar last night to go with baked potatoes. They returned from the store, put the box on the counter, and went to watch basketball. Easy enough, I thought – easy dinner and in an hour, they’ll be grinning at ESPN and I’ll be upstairs with dog, coffee, Mac and [...]
