by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 3, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
This spring, when all those first shoots were coming up—snowdrops, the spears before crocus or daffodil set to bloom, furled leaves curled, practically fetal—I kept thinking again and again how impossibly tender and small and delicate the green seemed. How...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 5, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
A couple of exchanges this week got me thinking about putting the words why we have notions that certain behaviors prove boyhood (or girlhood), masculinity or femininity. The first occurred when stopping by my friends' store, impish, where I noticed a new t-shirt...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 7, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
As a parent, there are many variations upon this theme: how to help your kids make smart choices. Smart can mean many different things, from healthy to kind to compassionate to responsible to self-protective… Parents practice their messages, repeating phrases...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 10, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
Having spent many summers since becoming a parent marveling at the fact that if you continue working in the summer, your kids need something to do once school lets out–ah, camp, that thing no one mentioned in childbirth class, along with the omissions about so...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 12, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
The spectacle that was Michael Jackson’s death continued this week. There were tributes to his contributions of music, movement, and style. Remembrance of Jackson-related bizarre—masks, animals, amusement park home—and Jackson-related...