by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 12, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Maybe the reason people love gardens is that they contain all kinds of answers about life (even capital L). I’m writing a story about them at the moment and love one person’s description: “A garden is always a work in progress.” In other words,...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 13, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Here’s one truth about being three (three fingers, words enunciated very clearly): it’s more complicated than being two. ** You want to be a big gu-url. You want to be a baby (before we knew such a teeny-tiny guy as Declan, baby Millie). You pinch (hit,...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 14, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Okay, I’ll bite. While it’s almost (emphasis on not really) funny to see Fox News create a brouhaha simply by overreacting in the ways you’d expect to a simple—but creative, inspiring and yes, very cute—J. Crew ad about neon toenails...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 16, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
True confession: when the eldest was smaller—a knight-intrigued and princess-liking lad—I pulled the slivers of plastic that were swords from the brand-new Playmobil set—and threw all weapons in the trash. Because, you see, I was against violence....
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 19, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
We—by we, I mean my tween, my eight year-old and myself—are a teeny, tiny bit Yahtzee-obsessed at the moment (and Saskia, in her very own way). There’s something so simple about the game, a little bit strategy, a little bit rock-n-roll the dice, plus...
