Archive for the ‘Blog’ Category
Aunt Mary Stewart by Sharon O’Donnell
October 17th, 2015
My Aunt Mary Stewart died last week at the grand age of 100 years old. She was the epitome of the Southern lady, full of goodness, hospitality, faith, and words of wisdom. Back in March, our whole family got together to celebrate her 100th birthday, and this photo was taken ...
Guest Blog: What It’s Really Like to Have Twins at 50 by Tami Green
October 16th, 2015
My absolutely, positively, adorable, twin girls are feeding me baby carrots. They are seriously cute, and they are my best little friends, but it was hard as hell to have them at my age. They are not my only children. Nor are they the only babies I had “later in life.” ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: The Inn at Lake Devine: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
October 15th, 2015
[caption id="attachment_22015" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo credit: Maeghan Donohue[/caption] Tongue in Cheek Theater Productions (Jake Lipman, producing artistic director) is presenting the world premiere adaptation of the popular novel, The Inn at Lake Devine by Elinor Lipman. And, if you're a fan of the book, you will be heartened to know this ...
I Can Orchestrate My Own Magical Divine Validation Daily, but… by Pamela Francis
October 14th, 2015
The Black Friday of dentistry has arrived -- yes, Halloween, and signs of spiders, black cats with arched backs, and witches on broomsticks have proliferated around our town. It's all in good fun and no amount of warnings about cavities, tainted candy and razor blades in apples (hey, I grew ...
Blueberry Muffins by Dana Spincola
October 8th, 2015
I already begin to wonder what memories of childhood my little guy will talk about in his future. What moments or events will he hold as special or will he feel attached to when he comes home as an adult to visit the “house he grew up in?” I am not ...
The Terrible Toos: Top 10 reasons you’re not… you haven’t… you never… (fill in the blanks) by Pamela Francis
October 7th, 2015
An old friend of mine -- ok, an old flame -- looked me up the other day to find out how and what I was doing. I didn't mind telling him because at this juncture I am a) pretty happy with what's going on in my life, and b) mature ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: Robin Hood: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
October 5th, 2015
The Seattle Children’s Theatre’s Robin Hood opened the 20th Anniversary season of The New Victory Theater, and it got the season off to a high energy and highly entertaining jumpstart....literally. Written by Greg Banks (Tir Na N’og, New Vic 2000) and directed by Allison Narver, the versatile cast of four convincingly ...
School’s in session… “The Question” is here to help by Pamela Francis
September 30th, 2015
Problems in the lives of teens and young people have always been around. Age old concepts like "Peer pressure", "bullying" and "adolescent angst" have become buzzwords child psychologists toss around like so many sound bites on "TeenNN" in describing what kids go through in their daily lives, but today's school-aged ...
Four Things That Make Your Kid’s Room Awesome
September 30th, 2015
Decorating a child’s room can be overwhelming. Although you may think they could get away with just the basics, you’ll eventually start to notice all of their belongings, and you’ll soon realize that you need to be creative. Your child probably spends a decent amount of time in his or ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: Hamlet in Bed: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
September 29th, 2015
[caption id="attachment_21975" align="alignleft" width="300"] photo credit: Tristan Fuge[/caption] “An actor and an actress perform a play. The actor and the actress may or may not be mother and son, and they may or may not know it. You know the play, the play is Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” Yes, ‘that’ mother and son.” ...
