by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 30, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Quoting Saskia, “I’m as big as Lola.” ** Quick aside: in case you don’t know Lola (and you totally should), she’s Charlie’s little sister and she’s an emphatic, confident fictional girl whose self-expression is most endearing....
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 2, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
For all my inattention to the Royal Wedding yesterday (I glimpsed and of course found my favorite piece of anti-wedding paraphernalia I wished to buy but didn’t), perhaps the most telling moment of the morning was this: as I locked the straps in for my...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 4, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
What seemed like simply being wiped out on Friday evening announced itself—by an hour and a half nap (so very unlike me) Saturday morning—as something a tiny bit more than exhaustion. It was low-grade, a little headachy, feverish, nothing big ticket, yet...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 6, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
In the spirit of imperfection being, well, kind of perfect, I wanted to share these seemingly random thoughts about the way life is so very lifey: * This coming weekend is my 30th high school reunion. As one of the organizers of the event, I’m compelled to note...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 9, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Given that I’m one of those bluer-than-blue—indigo—state Democrats living in bluer-than-blue Northampton, Massachusetts, getting a fundraising pitch a few months back for the George W. Bush Presidential Center (not library, since we’re not sure...
