Lori Duff Writes
I am chaperoning a Middle School Band festival. Yes, I know. Living the dream. Seriously, it is a thing I am happy to do, and I took off a day of work just to do it. I think it is fantastic that there are this many young teenagers who are in to the arts and wear their…
Being Jewish, I do not celebrate Christmas with my family. That said, living in the sub-suburban Georgia, it is entirely impossible for me not to celebrate the Christmas holiday season in some form or fashion. Every organization has a Christmas party (very few of them are ‘holiday’ parties) and my children’s public schools are decorated…
When I was a little girl, I loved The Little House on the Prairie. Both the book series, which I read about nine million times (though mostly the first two books), and the TV series, which came out when I was exactly the target age for it. Melissa Gilbert, the actress who played Laura Ingalls,…
I’m pretty sure there is a zoning ordinance in my area – possibly in the whole state, and possibly in parts beyond – that if you are building a strip mall with more than three store fronts in it, you have to have at least one nail salon and one martial arts studio. You wouldn’t…
Author’s Note: On Saturday, October 25, 2014, my son became a Bar Mitzvah. It is traditional for the Bar Mitzvah boy’s parents to say nice things about him to the whole congregation. Following is my speech from her son’s Bar Mitzvah. Normally, it is bad form to brag about your kids to a captive audience. But…