by Dawn | May 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
I do not want a self-driving car. The dealership gave me a loaner car. I already miss my zippy car. “My mom would like this car,” I think. It’s a beast– cruise ship. I don’t want to sail. I want to zip. Someone pulls out in front of me. This is Rhode...
by Dawn | Nov 2, 2018 | Life, Parenting
“What IS this, Mom?” “It’s a peanut butter sandwich,” I say. It shouldn’t be a surprise. He eats a peanut butter sandwich on store-bought white bread every…single…day. I used to make the bread at night–it’s...
by Dawn | Jun 9, 2018 | Parenting, self-improvement
“Who’s up there?” The kid was halfway up the tree. It wasn’t a regular tree–it was a mammoth tree. An “if you fall you’ll be dead,” tree. A tree that went to God. “Get down!” That’s what they say to...
by Dawn | May 13, 2017 | Life
I was taking pictures of dandelions gone to seed when the boy cried, “Hey, Mom!” “Over here!” I said. My moment of artistic inspiration…gone. The boy pushed by me and started to rip up my puffy little subjects, oblivious to the fact I was...
by Dawn | May 9, 2017 | Life
Sunrise… Tried to sleep in yesterday. I can’t, so I got up to write, as usual. This view… I could stand at that window forever, for the rest of my life, and not a single detail would get old. The magic of NYC to me is this: in a city of 9M people, I...