Scientist Mom: The Duality of Atoms and Kids
So, we enjoyed lunch with a Mathematician/Physicist/Quantum-Mechanic the other day. Dude sat there expounding all over my dining room about how atoms drive some scientists […]
Embarrassing Moments
Dan Stevens and My 15 Minutes of Fame-yness
Imagination is a wonderful thing. Unless it grabs you by the neck and gallops away, flapping you behind it like Monday's wet laundry. Last night […]
On Meeting the Rich and Famous and Being the Poor and Dorky.
Photo by Siebbi Have you ever met a famous person? Yeah? How did you act? Were you calm? Cool? Smooth? Totally not impressed by their […]
Never Let Pride Stand in the way of Not Drowning
(This is not the Firehole River. This is the River Shannon in Ireland. But it's water. And it's mine. So like, don't sue me because […]
The Glitter Shoes of Death – or – Maybe I’m Old Enough To ReThink Stilletos
Yesterday I was walking out of church with my littlest dude–because we're religious like that–and I was all tricked out in my $6 sparkly shoes […]
Harry Potter Makes Me Crabby
When JK Rowling (whose name, by the way, is mightily close to mine. My maiden name, at least. Look: Joanne K. Rowling / Janiel Rowley. See? And […]
High School Reunion: The Musical
We think those are bangs on the front of my head. But we're not certain. Thirty Years. 30. Years. Three decades ago this memorial weekend […]
On Being a Weirdo
"Excuse me, is that seat taken? No?" (scootching across 14 people to get to the empty seat in the center of the auditorium) "Oops!" (bending […]
How to Murder a First Impression
I was elegant once. I think it was on a Monday. But I murdered it. In one stroke. See, this is what I wore to […]
A Christmas Stocking Full of Baby. Yeeouch!
Seventeen years ago on Thursday I went into labor. A week early. This year we are celebrating the birth of my eldest son almost a […]