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campus visits 101
My daughter was lucky enough to be able to go to her freshman year of college this year. Even with all of the pandemic restrictions, she was very excited to live in the dorms, have a roommate and even go to a few parties. And, we were excited to go out to her school to…
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shame factor
Since my son was accepted to college three years ago, my husband and I have been entertained and often shocked by what people post on the “Parents of Class of —-” Facebook page. As someone who loves first-hand recommendations and getting the inside story, I was originally delighted to have a place to ask questions…
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drugstore fantasy
Last Sunday, I waited eagerly in the cosmetics section of a CVS store on Sherman Way and Sepulveda in Van Nuys, CA – only a few miles from where I grew up. I was there because I had been able to secure a COVID vaccination appointment for a first shot of Moderna after checking and…
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dear wardrobe
Dear Wardrobe, I have been meaning to write this to you for several months. I am sorry I have waited so long but in the summer and fall I thought we would be back to normal. Now, it has been more than ten months since we were in our regular routine and I think I…
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ask me about covid
On Tuesday morning, November 10, my husband found out he was positive for COVID-19. But before that, he tested negative on November 5. And before that he played golf with a friend on October 31 who had COVID and didn’t know it yet. By November 12, I just “wrote off” the entire month. I took…
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birthday blues
This weekend would have been my big 50th birthday bash. My friend Mindy and I had started discussing our joint birthday party last January. Her birthday is November 4 and mine is December 1. We were shooting for a date between our birthdays in November, hiring a band, reserving a venue and inviting 150 or…
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sourdough days
In August, I was having lunch with a friend and we had not seen each other since before the world was turned upside down by Covid. We talked about the normal updates: Are your kids away at school or online from home? Is your husband working from home? Are you going crazy? Then, she told…
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it’s the gift that counts – the husband’s response
(Note: This post is a response to the post below it. It may make sense to read “it’s the gift that counts” before reading “the husband’s response.”) The readers of this blog will know me as an eternal pessimist, concerned first and foremost about how easily things can go wrong, and waiting for the other…
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it’s the gift that counts
Next week is my 23rd anniversary. A week ago, I spied a text from my husband to my daughter where he was fishing for ideas for anniversary gifts. That text made me realize how far we have come as a couple in terms of gift giving and how it is still such a precarious process.…
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what goes around…
In a previous post (“postcards from zoom”), I described how I was enjoying the humor that resulted when my kids attempted to provide tech advice to my parents. It is fun to laugh about how my parents can’t figure out how to change the wallpaper on their phone, find a podcast or use Netflix. I…
Do I have chalk on my face? by Denise Geschke 