The Mommy Rant

Mrs. Arable figeted. "Fern says the animals talk to each other. Dr. Dorian, do you believe animals talk?" "I never heard on...

You never realize how much swearing there is in a PG movie (at least in a PG movie from the 1980s), until you watch it with your kids. son...

Ah, the Pledge of Allegiance controversy has come to Falmouth. Was our selectman trying to undermine the basic freedoms upon which our coun...

Damn. Credit card denied on sun screen order. At least we'll have those praying mantises. song: The Boys of Summer • artist:  The Eagl...

Have ordered non-PVC-laden shower curtain, sun screen, and praying mantis egg cases. Looking forward to another interesting summer at camp ...

In busy parking lots or at crowded county fairs they eschew it but every morning the twins freak out if I don't hold hand with them whil...

Fenway Park, the Red Line, Girl Scouts of America, the National Cherry Blossom Festival in DC, and of course the Titanic. Is there anything ...

Dinner gets a vote of no confidence… song: Lucky Just to be Alive • artist: Entrain

It's not dinner if you don't destroy the kitchen while making it. song: Burning Down the House • artist: Talking Heads

It's amazing the trust our kids put in us. Not that I'll make wise decisions or judge squabbles fairly, but that I can successfully ...

Do I need to mellow out , when, at the Earth Day canal clean up, the volunteer hands me a bagel on a paper plate and I think "OMG! Why ...

The Titanic has been making the news everywhere this week with experts surmising that a great deal of the ship's allure lies in people w...

I know what you're wondering - are there porta potties at the reenactment of the Battle of Lexington? Thankfully. Yes. song: Shoot...

H just told me that he scraped his leg on a dried Special K flake that was stuck to his chair. Great. My inept cleaning is injuring my kids...

Depressing quote of the day from Susan Freinkel's Plastic: A Toxic Love Story : "unless it's been beached or removed, every pi...

On Easter, a Lexus passed us on the Mass Pike sporting a bumper sticker that queried "got Jesus?" It seemed ironic, like the Don ...

Happy Eastarrrrrrrh. song: Chasing Pirates • artist: Norah Jones

In this new non-competitive (at least at the elementary-school level) world kids now inhabit, where ribbons are no longer given out at field...

If my kids have the day off from school - what's so "good" about it? song: Good Thing • artist: Fine Young Cannibals

Choose Life. Your Mother did. song: Life in a Northern Town • artist: Dream Academy