by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 2, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
No surprise that at the tippy end of March—a chilly, damp, grey day promising rain—that whole lion and lamb thing is echoing through my head. Yesterday, blissfully, the lamb strutted its stuff. Today, a little roar and tomorrow, snow is in the forecast?...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 4, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
April Fool’s Day 2011, like the snow, came and went. Birds are singing. Sun is shining. I almost think it just might be spring. Although that seems way too bold a declaration. No one pulled any pranks on me. I was too burnt out and cranky for anyone to want to...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 6, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Well, to start right in the middle, my mood’s improving (in case you wondered). I have no discernible reason why, other than I did sleep this weekend and sleep is a really good, smart thing (research bears this out). I went to silly, hot and stinky Bikram Yoga...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 8, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
When my dear husband was a wee boy of five, raised on Ms. Magazine’s Stories for Free Children, he asked his mother (famously), “Mom, can boys be astronauts, too?” I share that lest you think for a moment I’m the sole feminist adult around here...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 10, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Shall I regale you with my theory that when one’s dear spouse (and pointedly, in absentia perhaps even dearer co-parent) goes on a trip (book fair, in this case) the first day can either go deceptively smoothly—thereby lulling you into false security that...
