We have officially moved. From New Jersey to Connecticut. it was supposed to be a pretty simple packing job. We were moving into a mostly-furnished house, and we’ll be returning to our apartment in New Jersey. I thought we’d put a few things in storage, a few more in a U-Haul, and be on our way. …

I have a new post at BLOOM (a blog for parents of children with disabilities) called “Care Notebooks Keep you Organized.” It begins:  I call it Penny’s “Helen Keller moment.” Remember the scene from The Miracle Worker where Helen Keller understands for the first time that every word has a sign? That language is available to her,…

Peter and I had dinner with friends the other night. Their kids are in their twenties, and when we asked about them, they shook their heads. It wasn’t just their own kids that had them worried. It was the whole generation. They told stories of kids in rehab, kids failing out of college, kids aimless…

Our apartment is in boxes. We move on Monday. So I haven’t read much this week, and the interesting things I did read I now can’t find amidst the piles. So… one article and one quotation: Ramesh Ponnuru has an article for the New York Times, “The Year of the (Pro-Life) Woman.” He addresses the…

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