by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Mar 20, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows
A truism of my winter: we have hosted teens at our house, plural—early, late, all day, all night, and often. I wrote about this—and other friends, for Brain, Child’s blog. A truism about the teens: they use all the glasses and nearly all of the mugs....
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Mar 28, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows
Just last night I stumbled upon a Pie Chart about bath-time via Honest Toddler. There are things about the very small kid days I do not miss, like certain struggles during tubby time. The cute little wriggly soft bodies, sure, I miss those in some theoretical way....
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 4, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows
Essentially, that bin is my office. The two best ways I’ve found to have an office water cooler (of sorts) are these: one, ensure others work in or near your house and two, plug into social media. I have positive experience with both. Our first year in this...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 11, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows
This week somehow tumbled by fast with the second half of it given over to the New York Antiquarian Book Fair (I’m not there; my dear, bookselling husband is). In service to Cumberland Rare Books, I stepped up the shuttle and parenting duties and I don’t...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 18, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows
In its way, it’s been a quiet week for me. I’ve thought a lot about those stuck spots—the ones that make me uncomfortable (think, neck, jaw, shoulder and think, pick up towel, herd kids out door in the morning). I’ve been counseled to rethink...
