Jean who?

I read an insane amount. I shop for books like some women go after Manolo Blahniks, and enjoy the smell of a good bookstore as much as those women do the smell of leather. Books, magazines, blogs: to me the written word is a constant source of delight. When someone asks me what I do…

Who’s Mia?

Until she was about 18, we referred to Mia as “Natasha” to all but family. That was so no one might find out who she really was and make use of her services as babysitter extraordinaire. Life is tough for parents of young children. We do what we can to secure babysitting, even if it…