by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 2, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
It’s hardly profound but I’m pretty sure many parents—maybe all parents at one time or another—would agree with this statement: three-day weekends can feel much longer than three days. I do not mean that entirely kindly. There was, let it be...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 4, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
My blog has been a little sluggish of late. But Saskia made this face, ordered I take a photo and added, “For the blog.” Duly noted.
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 11, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
I’ve never had allergies (I mean, the seasonal pollen-air-ragweed variety). I thought I did, but I suspect it’s a cold that is strange and slow and mild and annoying (and nearly over, thankfully). I am a little grumpy. Given the way colds make you feel,...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 18, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
The fuchsia peonies up the street are the Susan Sarandon of flowers: siren hot and unapologetically sexy as they show signs of age, like so many petals strewn beneath them revealing no care for what they’ve lost. It’s raining and I can’t get an...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 25, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
Father’s Day isn’t a big deal at my house and was especially not a big deal this year (the usual breakfast in bed didn’t happen—another time, though). But I did think about how lucky I am to have a father to be the mom with who is so engaged...
