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Some Heartening News
When wives earn more outside the home, and husbands take on more housework, marriages tend to be happier! Men are...
Long Distance Mom: Drowning in Debt
It’s a humbling experience when you realize that, yes indeed, you are one of those over-educated Americans who can be...
ABCs and PhD's: Stress
I snow-balled a meltdown as I hurrumphed around this evening, distressed at the resistance of my family to help out...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Startitis
After blogging at this site for well over a year, I start to fear that I'll repeat myself. And, sure...
The Privilege of Not Recognizing Privilege
I am a regular guest panelist on the British literary podcast Litopia after Dark. One of the topics discussed on...
Motherhood After Tenure: teaching in dark times
Monday our semester begins and I’m struck once again by how fortunate I am to begin again, to start over...
A walk in the woods
On our recent New Year’s trip to Friday Harbor, Washington, my eight-year old had the chance to reconnect with one...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Advice to my daughter (and other bright humanities undergrads)
Dear Mariah, As you head back to college for your second semester, I find I don't really have any important...