Semi-Charmed Life
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03/02/11In Which I Achieve a State of Not-GardeningDead flowers aren’t much fun. |
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02/23/11In Which I Find That Working From Home Is Hardly WorkingA ‘room of my own’ without distractions is hard to come by. |
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02/16/11In Which I Celebrate Valentine's Day the Old-Fashioned WayAs a kid, I dreaded school celebrations of Valentine’s Day; as a parent, I still do. Posted at 09:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 2 |
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02/09/11In Which I Return to the Microwave Burrito DaysFeeding a family of picky eaters has me reminiscing about eating single. |
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02/02/11In Which I Learn to Walk on IceSnow, and the generation gap. |
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01/27/11In Which I Focus on Clutter and Manage to Avoid Doing Anything About ItMy house is full of it. |
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01/20/11In Which My Credit Card Company Profiles Me and Becomes SuspiciousMy card was apparently stolen…by me. |
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01/13/11In Which I Meet Strangers on a Train and Eavesdrop on ThemThe other passengers on Amtrak provide unexpected entertainment. |
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01/04/11In Which I Celebrate the New Year and Find That…It’s ComplicatedNew Year’s Eve for grown-ups? It’s complicated. |
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12/29/10In Which I Assemble Top-5 Lists and Ponder the Year’s…Achievements…The top 5 tasks I successfully put off in 2010. |












“Semi-Charmed Life is a blog about my personal impressions of life in the Maryland suburbs and the greater D.C. Metropolitan Area. How’s that for giving myself permission to write about anything? There we go: It’s a blog about anything. Please stay tuned.”