Work Archive

Red Shutters in India

What’s on your to do list this week? Mine looks a little like this: Take last dose of typhoid vaccine. Finish book club book (we’re reading “The Dress Lodger”). Add reminder to take malaria prophylaxis to calendar. Purchase 230 Volts/50 Hz electrical adapter. Backup ...Read More

I forgot my kid at school

Today, I forgot my kid at school. The story is a classic scheduling screw-up–specifically, my screw-up, my parenting fail–caused by an extra busy time at work, by stressors in my personal sphere, and by an imperfect calendaring system. Here’s what happened: my son, R, is ...Read More