by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Feb 27, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
When I was deeply into running, I loved this notion: trust your feet. Having spent some really important time walking—and running—on the beach this week (Florida’s Gulf Coast), I was reminded of this idea. Aside from trust, the sand sloughed off some...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Feb 29, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
Upon seeing my copy of Liz Weil’s No Cheating, No Dying by our bed, my dear husband said, “I read the article in the (New York Times) Magazine. She’s kind of crazy. If it’s not broken, try to fix it.” He paused for a nanosecond. It was as...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Mar 2, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
There’s that whole thing when you are driving about things appearing smaller—or perhaps it’s larger—then they really are. Put another way—the thing you imagine would be pretty straightforward isn’t necessarily so simple. If I have...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Mar 4, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
What is this was the one and only snow day of winter 2012? Elder teen got to sleep late, go to Chinese, then rehearsal (those theater folks are every bit as we’ll-play-anyway as the basketball team) and even went to a play. The younger teen got in chai, reading,...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Mar 6, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
Friday, I felt pretty glum. The what-I-should-do isn’t lining up directly with what-I-want-to-do, and there were some contentious moments this week I took a little too personally and on like that. I know that at times like this the best thing to do is sleep...
