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...
by Dawn | Mar 12, 2017 | politics, satire
In case you are wondering, yes, Daylight Savings Time is earlier than you remember. We used to spring ahead in April and fall back in October, but now Daylight Savings Time is the second weekend of March and the first weekend in November. Why? Congress. In 2005,...
