The Frumanista

To preface, my kids go bonkers when I take out the laptop and gleefully try to push as many keys as possible. So yes, I know this is ridicul...

Is anyone still here?  I would perfectly understand if you've moved on. Obviously, I haven't been blogging. It's not that I don...

I recently read Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers , featuring Vera Wong, the tough Chinese "auntie" who insists on ...

I've been slowly (very slowly) working my way through "The Crown" (as an aside, not the point of this post, I'm finding th...

TooYoungToTeach insisted that I read "Life After Life" by Kate Atkinson. Always up for new titles, I plucked it up from the librar...

I've always carried with me a constant awareness of my childhood. Like when people say, "I don't like children," I'm s...

I have been quiet this last few months. Obviously, nothing that I've been thinking of sharing has seemed important. The words that usual...

So, how's everyone holding up?  Not too good?  Yeah. I can relate.  I've been thinking out loud with Han—who mostly listens politely...

Be private. Travel and tell no one. Find a partner and tell no one. Live happily and tell no one. People ruin beautiful things. I saw this o...

I've been reading It's OK You're Not OK by Megan Devine, and frankly, she sounds pissed .  She was actually a grief counselor b...