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Peace warrior

Posted on March 7, 2013 by ewm | 5 Comments

The secret to staying sane as a parent? Finding the om in omg. * * * Life has been especially crazy around my house lately and most days I’m struggling mightily to find the om. In my free moments I’m sneaking away and working on a new photography project…capturing the witty and whimsical graffiti around Austin and turning it into…

Fake it til you make it

Posted on February 19, 2013 by ewm | 6 Comments

Thank you, stranger with a paint can, for the gentle nudge. * * * Liked? You’ll love this one too.

Keep walking

Posted on February 11, 2013 by ewm | 6 Comments

The downside of being a word nerd? It’s all you can do not to correct graffiti typos. * * *

10 Reasons You Should Be Glad I Didn’t Blog in My Twenties

Posted on January 31, 2013 by ewm | 20 Comments

Florence, Italy 1992 Ready for a fun trip down Fuzzy-Memory Lane? Some friends and I are all answering the same prompt today and explaining why you should be glad we didn’t blog in our 20s. Here goes.. 1. Because I’m so much cuter now without the Freshman 15. (Can you call it that when it lasts all four years?) 2….

Taking inventory

Posted on January 17, 2013 by ewm | 0 Comments

January: the time to assess and reassess. To take stock. Make plans. Set goals. I’m shaking off my holiday hibernation and am now knee-deep in all of the above. It’s energizing to look at the long list of projects I have on my horizon. The first thing I can share with you…I’m thrilled, once again, to be co-directing Austin’s 3rd…

Thank you?

Posted on December 11, 2012 by ewm | 12 Comments

Mom! I love that new shirt! Thanks, sweetie. You know Mom, I love how you dress. And I love that you aren’t too pretty to be a Mom. I mean, all frou-frou and what not. Your style is…what’s the word I’m looking for? Cool? No, that’s not it. Give me a minute…

On the road

Posted on September 8, 2012 by ewm | 13 Comments

The twisting, two-lane road running from summertime to schooltime is littered with countless potholes and ridiculous roadside attractions. The Valley of Cute New Alarm Clocks, which seems novel and thrilling at first, loses its luster once everyone realizes it is only open before dawn. Both the World’s Largest Pile of Paper and the Museum of Uneaten Lunches will leave you…

Voices

Posted on August 8, 2012 by ewm | 29 Comments

I’m no public speaking pro. In fact, up until recently I would have preferred to get a colonoscopy in front of 3,000 people rather than speak in front of them. But sometimes life surprises you and you get to surprise it right back. In May, one of my essays was selected as a Voice of the Year for the BlogHer…

Time will tell

Posted on July 6, 2012 by ewm | 1 Comments

She may have outgrown the shirt, but the nickname still fits. * * * Speaking of time marching on…today I’m over at my friend Nancy’s place, writing about one of the oldest and most important albums in my life. Her wonderful blog, Midlife Mixtape, features a new column called Still in Rotation, where she invites readers…

Learning to exhale

Posted on June 16, 2012 by ewm | 18 Comments

I was closing in on 40 when I learned that I didn’t know how to breathe. This came as a bit of a surprise because I was pretty sure I had been inhaling and exhaling, exchanging oxygen for carbon dioxide—all that—every day of my life without fail. But the truth came out, as it often does, in the midst of…