Over the Rainbow

Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high, there's a land that I heard of, once in a lullaby. If the Sex and the City ladies are my best adult girlfriends, then Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz gang were my dear childhood playmates. You see, for me, The Wizard of Oz was more than a film. More than a musical, or ...

what’s on your soundtrack?

This evening, as my daughter was entertaining herself in, what I like to call, the Under the Sea seat, I tuned in to hear it playing Pachelbel's Canon, which was, as it is for many people, one of the songs played during our wedding ceremony. The flautist played that most beautiful Canon in D, As the people most important ...

Have you ever taken off your bra and dangled it in front of a crying baby’s face, in a pinch, as a make-shift toy? Yeah, um, I totally haven’t done that. Come to think of it, have you ever typed a blog post with one hand, while using the other hand to wave a lit-up Blackberry in baby’s sight-line, while nursing and singing ...

And speaking of

rainbows, tonight, as I read my daughter her bedtime story, I looked down at her piggies and spotted her most recent adornment; a beaded rainbow anklet. She must have picked it up, somewhere between teeth brushing and lullabies. And I couldn't help but to think two things: She's right! Who doesn't need to bring a rainbow, beaded anklet to da crib and my ...