rita buettner commentary BlogOpen Window Clouds, a new school year, puzzles, fishing, when things fall apart, and more (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerSeptember 7, 20184 min read Don’t you just love clouds? I don’t think I look up at the sky often enough. I saw this one last night, and I loved how it was lit up from behind like a lightbulb. BlogOpen Window A day that takes the cake Rita BuettnerSeptember 5, 20182 min read Our younger son has been asking me to bake a cake. BlogOpen Window “Raven” about a wish that came true Rita BuettnerSeptember 1, 20184 min read When you’re counting down to an event, it seems to take forever to get there. And then all of a sudden, it’s time! And you’re there! And it’s all happening in a wonderful rush. BlogOpen Window How we are squeezing every last ounce of summer out of this vacation (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerAugust 31, 20185 min read ~1~ Summer vacation is ending. It’s time I acknowledged that. I like to take off the last week of August to help get our sons ready for the school year. But somehow, with school starting on Tuesday, I realize that our school supplies are only 95 percent together, the summer writing assignments are not complete, […] BlogOpen Window When you wish upon an Instagram picture… Rita BuettnerAugust 25, 20183 min read For their birthdays and Gotcha Days, our boys always get to pick something special for dinner. So as we were counting down to our younger son’s Gotcha Day—the seventh anniversary of the day we met one another—I asked him how he wanted to celebrate. BlogOpen Window Hibachi fun, a surprise, sitters, finding a new hangout, and conference planning (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerAugust 24, 20184 min read For our younger son’s Gotcha Day, we took him to a hibachi grill. He was excited to go, but then when we got there, all he wanted was a plate of fried rice. BlogOpen Window Remembering the day we met our son seven years ago Rita BuettnerAugust 22, 20184 min read Back in December 2009, I was standing in the lobby of the U.S. Consolate in Guangzhou, China, with friends who had just become parents through the miracle of adoption. BlogOpen Window Aaaarggh, Matey! Our night as pirates in Baltimore Rita BuettnerAugust 20, 20183 min read What could be more fun than eating sushi on the water in Fell’s Point on a summer evening? We were about to find out. BlogOpen Window An approaching storm and school year, meteors, a snack bar victory, and a 5-D poster (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerAugust 17, 20185 min read My husband and sons made it home as the rain was starting, but there were no fish for dinner. BlogOpen Window Personal archaeology: A piece of art I never knew I owned Rita BuettnerAugust 15, 20183 min read Over the past few weeks, I have been going through some boxes of photos and mementoes. The idea is that I will organize them and maybe even discard some things I don’t need. Previous 1 … 66 67 68 … 89 Next