An appealing recent entry from WordSpy (a web site devoted to “lexpionage,” the sleuthing of new words and phrases) is “stay-at-work mom.” The term refers to a mother who returns to work soon after giving birth. I think it equally applies to those of us who are moms working from home, a situation that I [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2008
I [heart] my local library
The library in my town has been there for me for many years. When my children were small, we joined the reading program every summer, and we were frequent borrowers of books and occasionally toys throughout the year. It’s the first place I turn when I hear of a good book (so I can try [...]
Breathless excitement about aging
A flyer in today’s newspaper is trolling for subscribers to a new magazine, and I’m kind of creeped out. Founder Moses Znaimer, the new executive director of the Canadian Association for Retired Persons (CARP), replaced the old CARP magazine with a glossy lifestyles publication called Zoomer. The CARP web site is rebranded as “brought to [...]
Telemarketers, please don’t call
Hooray, Canada finally has a National Do Not Call List! Have you registered yet? If you tried and got a “service not available” message, try again in a few minutes. The site seems to get bogged down, no doubt in the huge numbers of people trying to register. (Update: “unexpected” high volumes crashed the server. [...]
