Where the best laid plans of mice and moms
Often go awry.
Latest from the Blog
Eat the Rainbow, They Say. Your Kids Will Follow Your Example, They Say.
For Saint Patrick’s Day, I made corned beef and cabbage, and put mine over a bed of greens with fresh tomatoes and avocado then sprinkled roasted sweet potatoes for a colorful, delicious, healthy dinner. Mama: Look at my wonderful dinner! Piper: Hear me out. [Dramatic pause.] Piper: BEIGE. …if you were wondering what ARFID (avoidant/restrictive…
Top 25 Books in 2025
I read (by eye or by ear) 174 books this year, and here’s my 10 favorite nonfiction and 15 fiction, listed by alphabetical order. Nonfiction Fiction (#1) I was thrilled to see the author was influenced by The Scarlet Pimpernel– the too shallow aristocrat/socialite couldn’t possibly be the outlaw Crimson Moth, who was helping persecuted…
2025 Christmas Letter
December 8, 2025 You know what the best thing about sitting down to write my annual Christmas nonsense? It means that my house is tidy, the gifts are ordered, the parties planned, the offspring settled, and the cats unmurdered. Ergo, this will be written later. Much later. December 14-16, 2025 Dear Beloveds, If we can…
Needopedia 