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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Sep 16, 2010 | Grief, Memories, Moving On, Parenting
When my daughter set up a search for her compass to do her geometry homework the other night, it was nowhere to be found. It took me a long thirty seconds to decide whether or not to go ahead and cop to the fact that I had a way better compass only a few feet away. I...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Sep 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Every once in a while, a passing comment made by others sticks in my brain and sort of burrows around until I have to write about it. When we were in New York, we stayed at a pretty swank boutique hotel. It was directly across from Lincoln Center and only a long block...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Sep 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
I have to admit I wasn’t really thrilled with hauling my snuffly-nose-achy-head to the county fair yesterday. I’d rather be miserable at home than at the fair. But, it’s a one-time-a-year sort of deal and, I know from experience, waiting until the...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Aug 19, 2010 | Metta, Uncategorized
I don’t even pretend to be Buddhist. But, when my friend, Barbara, spoke at church recently she passed on this interesting concept that she’d learned through the folks at the Great Vow Zen monastery. “Drive-by Metta.” Metta seems to have been...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Aug 13, 2010 | Chinese Food, Food, Memories
I’m not a huge fan of leftovers. I think it comes down to the fact that, with three older brothers, we simply didn’t have them very often. Anything not eaten wasn’t eaten for a reason, usually the “yuck” factor. I recall having leftover...
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