by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 6, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
At the end of this upended week when not everyone I know has power back, I guess it’s not surprising that I feel somewhat discombobulated. I do. I had exactly one day of the preschooler’s preschool this week. There’s probably some direct algebraic...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 8, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
In the very early months of Saskia’s life, it seemed as if during every visit we made together to Whole Foods—tiny little babe bundled in the fleecy sling or Moby—I met fellow adoptive parents. In fact, one friend was in the midst of an adoption...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 9, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Ask pretty much any parent these days whether there’s pressure, and I think you’d be met with one of those wide eyeball rolls. Uh, excuse me? Yeah, there sure is. As in, where’s nationalized health care (or for that matter, any accessible health care...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 11, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Midweek and I’m reeling. Some of my dizzying lack of sleep has nice roots. My posse of moms—we call ourselves MOTE, which stands for Mothers on the Edge—met last night. I left the soon-to-end (or so it seemed) gathering at 11:30. As I’ve...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 13, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
How fortunate am I to have first-time novelist Sally Bellerose on my blog this morning?! Answer: very fortunate! Her novel The Girls Club was released by Bywater Books, September, 2011. She’s an RN and long-time resident of Northampton. And, the book has been...
