Saturday, January 17, 2004DOMINATING THE CONVERSATIONSome people imagine they know all there is to know about every topic under the sun and should any of those topics come up in conversation, they proceed to tell you all about it. Every interaction with a person like that becomes a battle for control and dominence. It's exhausting. My mother is one of... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 7:32 AM Comments (9) (link) Tuesday, January 13, 2004THE PRESIDENTIAL WIFEI'm a big Hillary Clinton fan, or at least I was. When she stood strong and tall next to Billy (who I loved no matter how many millions of tax payer dollars the the rabid right spent just trying to get a photo of his penis submitted as evidence) I thought - now there's a woman with guts and a... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 6:24 AM Comments (7) (link) Monday, January 12, 2004SELLING ELEGANCEWe collect art, not for profit or as a hedge for our retirement, but because art has meaning for us. RG and I have also integrated the making of one form of art or another into the fabric of our lives. Earlier in my career I was a fulltime painter but I morphed into someone who is more of a... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:25 AM Comments (3) (link) Thursday, January 8, 2004ACCIDENTAL HOME BUYERS GUIDETension, tumult, financial fanaglings all triggered by a casual stop in a local realtors office about 10 days ago. This morning I'm waiting for 70, yes 70! brokers from Coldwell Banker who will be trapesing through our small two bedroom Cambridge condo to check us out and optimize our chances for a... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:35 AM Comments (4) (link) Saturday, January 3, 2004HOMESCHOOLERS MAKE THE GRADEThis was the cover story on the last issue of my Boston University alumni magazine. DREAH has been writing about being a homeshooling Mom here on the BN for many months and I associate all I know about homeschooling with DREAH, so when I saw this story from a completely different and totally... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 9:30 AM Comments (11) (link) |
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