by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Sep 24, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Silly little parenting adage: the days can be slow but the years rush by in a flash. My original baby, the guy who made us into parents (the practice baby, as my mother likes to refer to him) turned fifteen on Sunday. Should I write refer to that silly little...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Sep 26, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Amongst the things I watch early in the morning while I work are the sky lifting with light and the runners going by and my next-door neighbor heading off for her morning bike ride and our shared paper delivery woman bounding up my next-door neighbor’s front...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Sep 28, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
I have, over the years, thought that a great little book—the kind people buy when they have no idea what else to give as a gift—would be essentially a list. Title: 1000 Things About Parenthood No One Ever Told You. Here’s #896: You do not remain the...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Sep 30, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Three years ago feels like a very long time indeed. I guess before always recedes that much further when you are in the midst of after, and for us, autumn three years ago was all about anticipating a baby. Unlike the ones before this baby, I had nothing ping-ponging...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Oct 2, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
On a rainy morning a few days ago, I drove toward the hills to interview a couple of artists (I really love my work, do I mention that often enough?) and the leaves had caught. That’s what it’s like, a match taking hold. I passed by blazing trees. As if...
