Tag Archives: family

All the Res

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Tentative Equinox North

I am away on retreat this week in a cabin in the woods–a long overdue few days away. I need to retreat, re-energize, reorder, reboot, renew, refill–all the res. I need them. It’s been quite a time since I last … Continue reading →

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Lost and Found

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Tentative Equinox North

Let me tell you the story of my hat. This hat came into my life on my birthday, March 15, in 2010. The day before, on March 14, at around 8:30pm or so, my husband casually said to me “So, … Continue reading →

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The Danger of the Single Story

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Tentative Equinox North

This is an engaging and insightful talk from Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Adichie. I recently spoke at a university where a student told me that it was such a shame that Nigerian men were physical abusers like the father character in my … Continue reading →

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Griffin–the One, the Only, the Not-to-be-Copied

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

The five-year-old has turned from the spitting, screaming, biting that got him euphemistically categorized as a “spirited” toddler into a bright, loving, bouncy Kindergartener. I adore him. Really. It’s just so lovely to see the transformation in him. Not that he … Continue reading →

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Read it again and again and again Mommy.

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

The five-year-old has a new obsession: Cars and Trucks and Things that Go. The book is missing its cover, the first 8 pages and comes in two sections, courtesy of the abuse he bestowed upon it when he didn’t want … Continue reading →

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If Life is a Highway, it’s Time to Lower the Speed Limit.

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

It’s been a very strange few weeks. Kindergarten orientation one week, high school orientation the next, the end of school, grade 7 graduation, the solstice, Father’s Day, the 4 and 11/12ths year old became a five-year-old. The middle child had … Continue reading →

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Lessons from my Mom

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

This is my Mom and me in the ‘Peg circa 1968.     Did someone skin a Cookie Monster to get the pelt for that coat? I’m a muppetized moppet. I love that you can’t see my hands. Wasn’t I just adorable? More to … Continue reading →

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Coming into the Middle of the Conversation

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

I love coming into the middle of conversations. You get to hear the oddest statements and then try to figure out how the conversers got to a place where that statement made sense. For instance, this is what I overheard the … Continue reading →

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Another moment of clarity

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

See why I will not be investing in a fancy flat screen computer monitor any time soon. Continue reading →

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Either he’s psychic or we’ve been here before.

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

In which I am impressed by my 4-year-old’s memory. Continue reading →

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