Here’s our last post from Brooklyn. In honor of our new home, here are eleven of my favorite things about the great state of New Jersey, in no particular order:   1. Bagels 2. Diners 3. Frankie Valli 4. Meryl Streep 5. Bon Jovi 6. The shore 7. Taylor ham 8. The fact that you […]

— 1 — Jacob has the quintessential toddler voice. Consonants are consistently mispronounced; syllables are added and removed on a whim; subject-verb agreement is spotty. I love every minute of it, and almost don’t want him to figure it all out. It will be for the best when he does, of course, but for now […]

Blogging has gotten spotty around here because I find I can only barely form a coherent thought substantial enough to write a single sentence. Between moving, caring for kiddos, work, my other blog, revising my novel, and passing a bug around our family (is “ironic” the right word for getting a 103-degree fever during a […]