The Mom Weekly Volume 8: September 12, 2023 Notes: Several subscribers asked specifically about the Coast-to-Coast Walk—what it is, how I found out about it, and why I’m so interested in it. I found out about the Coast-to-Coast Walk this spring while hiking with one of my sisters. She sees other “regulars” on her hikes, […]
How to Pick the Right Sort of Vacation for “You”
The Mom Weekly Volume 7: September 5, 2023 Notes I keep meaning to make notes about prior weeks. Two weeks ago, several of you pointed out that the Oppenheimer article link was behind a paywall. I apologize for that. I know many times paid Substack newsletters have occasional free posts, but I didn’t check to […]
A Feature, Not a Bug
The Mom Weekly Volume 6: Tuesday, August 29, 2023 A feature, not a bug A few weeks ago, on the same day, I did Body Pump at the Y for the first time in several years (!), as well as more than an hour of Pickleball (with some of you!). I was so sore the […]
What Could Be Better Than Tunnel of Fudge Cake?
The Mom Weekly Volume 5: Tuesday, August 22 What Could Be Better Than Tunnel of Fudge Cake? Nothing, that’s what. Sunday would have been Grandpa’s 96th birthday, and some years, including this one, I make a chocolate cake to celebrate. Almost always, Grandma would make his favorite cake—a chocolate devil’s food layer cake with a […]
Baby Island > Babel
The Mom Weekly Volume 4—Tuesday, August 15 Happy Tuesday! Today is the feast of the Assumption, so don’t forget to go to Mass. In addition to being a Holy Day of Obligation, it’s a big Catholic feast for Italians. I have this memory—but only when I was very young—of being in Wildwood, NJ, on our […]
Everyone Makes Mistakes
The Mom Weekly Volume 3, August 8, 2023 Notes: Welcome to Volume 3 of The Mom Weekly! Sorry about the button thing from last week. As I found out—and as many of you told me—an error message pops up if you press one of the buttons. I don’t know if I did something wrong, or […]