There comes a point in every parent’s life when you realize you’re not just running a household. You’re running a diner. No, not the cozy kind with checkered floors and sassy waitresses. I mean a full-blown, high-pressure, breakfast-rush kind of diner where the customers are perpetually hungry, impatient, […]
“Personal tragedy has ways of focusing us in ways other things can’t.”Congressman Joseph Morelle, NY, recently said this, and oh boy, is that ever true. Focus isn’t always a calm, zen-like, candlelit process. Sometimes it’s a zap. A kick in the gut. A cruel nudge from the universe […]
Humans like to think of the bathroom as their private space. But if you live with dogs, you know that “private” is a myth. The bathroom is not yours alone. It’s a stage where your furry companions reveal their quirks, philosophies, and, oddly enough, life lessons. Take my […]
Seventeen. The age that feels like a prologue to freedom. The big one before the big one. My son has hit it, and suddenly I feel like I’m standing on a cliff looking out at both the child he was and the adult he is about to become. […]
There’s something magical about watching my dogs operate as a pack. Not magical in the Disney-princess-singing-to-birds kind of way. It’s more like the “oh dear lord, the neighbors think we’ve lost it” kind of way. It usually starts with the middle one. He’s the ringleader. The union boss. […]
There are a few life truths I know for certain: coffee is sacred, people will absolutely not use their blinkers, and dog kisses are both a daily ritual and a divine mandate. Let me break it down from the dog couch. A sacred, slightly chewed-up, fur-blanketed arena where […]
This weekend, I settled into the cinematic cocoon of air conditioning with my son (blazing NYC heat be damned) and watched Fantastic Four: First Steps. No timeline gymnastics. No needing to rewatch 12 previous movies or decode multiverse spaghetti. Just a solid MCU film with a pulse, a […]
Just when we thought we could enjoy summer in peace, bare feet on the grass, a little iced coffee on the porch, a moment of non-crisis they’re back. No, not your ex. Not that coworker who still “forgets” to CC you on emails. I’m talking about the Spotted […]
It’s been hotter than a sidewalk hot dog cart in mid-July New York. The kind of heat that turns your eyebrows into tiny sweat dams and makes you question your life choices. Like why you didn’t just move to Iceland during the pandemic like you half-joked. So there […]
I did something wild recently. I treated myself (and dragged along the family) into a blazing pit of danger, peril, and foam blocks. Yes, I played The Floor is Lava. Now, let me confess something upfront: I have the coordination of a distracted toddler trying to walk on […]
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