Paper Doll Tales Posts

“You’ve got a frog in your throat” is a tricky thing to say to a two-year-old.  It’s a downright dangerous thing to say to Little Friend.  When the mucus-y, cloggy,…

Thoughts and Musings

She said she would give him a kiss if he liked, but Peter did not know what she meant, and he held out his hand expectantly. “Surely you know what…

Thoughts and Musings

Certain things you expect to learn when you become a parent: changing diapers, folding onesies, bulking up the college savings. Then along comes a Snowgirl. Not to be confused with…

Thoughts and Musings

It’s been one of those weeks, people.  The kind where Australia looks like a really good bet, but then your mother reminds you, oh so lovingly, that terrible, horrible, no…

Kids and Treasures

Kids and Treasures Thoughts and Musings

It took me all of one mimosa to convert into a brunch snob.  There I was, the country mouse in the big city, a college girl venturing into the edgy,…

Recipes and Fare