by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Aug 8, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
There’s so much about local food to savor. Just this past week, I spent time contemplating how very delicate lettuce is in comparison to the hearty arugula that preceded it in my salad bowl just weeks ago. I also bit into my first of the season tart Zestar apple...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Aug 10, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
On Thursday, Saskia turned two-and-a-half*. We didn’t mark it beyond singing “Happy Half-Birthday” at a couple of random moments, which ultimately confused her. She understands birthday. This half stuff, well, she isn’t quite ready to parse out...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Aug 12, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
You know when you hit those eddies of blah? That’d be me today. Hot. Tired. A big weekend that demanded my being “on” brought me toward this little blah. Partly, I drove a lot. Driving on the highway makes me feel tense and therefore when it’s...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Aug 15, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Here’s a question I’m asked an awful lot: How do you write so much while raising four children? A: I don’t sleep much. Childcare. Seriously, I don’t sleep much. The rest of the answer includes that I love to write and that I’m trying to...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Aug 18, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Let it be said that that number fill-in-the-blank about parenting goes like this: you can anticipate many things, and then you’re bowled over by what should be obvious and you totally missed. A task like sending one’s child to overnight camp for the first...
