juliana
Juliana is an English teacher, aspiring novelist, and mother to redheaded sons. (No, her husband doesn't have red hair. Yes, it was a surprise!) She grew up in Scarsdale and now teaches at her rival high school - Mamaroneck - where she also lives with her (brown-haired) husband, Mike, and their two (orange-haired, according to Noah) sons, Noah (2016) and Simon (2019). When she has a free moment (haha) she is reading something: YA Romance, humorous essays, poetry, thrillers, student work, and, sometimes, her own works-in-progress.
October’s My Favorite Month. Or is it?
If you read my last post, you know that I love the fall even more than I appreciate the summer. And October is when fall really gets going. It’s also my birthday month and...
The September Reset
I know as a teacher, I’m not supposed to say this, but I love September. I think of that old Staples commercial where the dad is prancing through the aisles of school supplies as...
When Words Won’t Come
The other day, my six-year-old was sitting at the table doing his “writing” homework. I was in the kitchen making dinner when I heard him yell, “Mama! I need help with my words. I...
The Maze of Motherhood
During my study-abroad semester in Rome, my friend and I traveled to Marrakech because, well, why not? We were two girls from New York, and the idea of a trip to Morocco felt positively...
Spotlight on Westchester :: Mamaroneck
We all love our cozy little corners of Westchester. There are many things to do and see, places to eat, and parks to visit. Who doesn’t love exploring the county and “finding” the kid-friendly...
The Battle of Bedtime, The Siege of Sleep
As an adult, there are few things I look forward to more than the moment my head hits the pillow. And yet, as Jim Gaffigan puts it, to kids, “bedtime is a punishment that...
Chicken Little Awareness Day and One Family’s Tradition
If you’ve been living in America for any amount of time, you’ll know that we love random days celebrating our favorite things (giving us an excuse to honor and enjoy those things): Hot Dogs,...
Second Child: An Adorable Menace?
We all know kids like to play pretend, morphing into dinosaurs or the Paw Patrol and mine are no exception. One day in the car, my two boys were talking about being superheroes, and...
For Valentine’s Day, a Gift from the Heart
It’s impossible to make it through February without seeing the color red or the image of hearts in every store window or browser background. Normally card-company holidays make my eyes roll a bit, but...
New Year, New Workouts (from home!)
As the weather gets colder and the pandemic seems to be heating back up (gah!), I feel grateful for one of my 2020 quarantine discoveries: YouTube exercise videos. Back in March of 2020, with...