2023-08-18 00:34
Hello, friends! I know I've been away from this space long enough when I've completely forgotten my login password to the site, leaving me to authenticate my identity with a text, a call, an… Read More
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What more can one ask for than a good story on a page and good food on a spoon? A former teacher's journey of eating and reading through life.
2023-04-25 01:06
A few days after our initial appointments, our hospital sent us a few instructional modules on the IVF process. It reminded me of the first aid video + quiz modules that I occasionally took… Read More
2023-04-04 16:07
A week ago, a friend asked me about the blog. “You haven’t been writing anything on the blog lately. When are we going to see a new post?”
I feel embarrassed to admit how… Read More
2023-02-07 17:35
I’ve been retreating into childhood lately.
Early into this year away from school, I struggled to find my own sense of rhythm in a classroom-less life. I’d jolt awake from nigh… Read More
2023-01-31 20:40
After seventeen years as a science teacher, I thought there were few things that could catch me off guard. I lost far less sleep over nightmares with accidental fires and missing frogs. I'd… Read More
2023-01-19 19:02
My sister-in-law is a dazzler. Every time I see Angela, she’s as chic as a Parisian hot off the Champs-Elysées and just as graceful to boot. Whenever I visit her house, I make n… Read More
2023-01-11 18:56
Thirty nine. I'm thirty nine now.
I'm now older than both my mom and mother-in-law were when they had their first children, and next year, I'll be ticking the 40-49 box on forms. As a teac… Read More
2023-01-05 19:33
The husband and I went on a long road trip over the holidays, from our current home in Atlanta to New York City. It afforded us the rare opportunity to chat for hours on end without any scre… Read More
2022-11-29 21:45
I treat most expiration dates the way New York cab drivers treat traffic lights - as a suggestion. I know the tiny lettering on the milk carton says it's only good until today, but isn't it… Read More
2022-11-23 14:05
As a couple, James and I have differing strengths. Actually, we're different in nearly every way imaginable, but that's a story for another day. For now, it's enough for you to know that one… Read More
2022-11-07 18:00
I stood at the street corner, feeling all kinds of foolish as I pointed my camera at a fetching sight. Why did this feel so awkward?
It was our first day in New Mexico, and it was also my f… Read More
2022-11-01 14:21
Is it just me, or do we bandy about the phrase 'lifelong learning' a little too frivolously?
As an educator, I see and hear this phrase all the time. In mission statements. On Open Nights… Read More
2022-10-28 19:12
I sat at my computer all week, fresh out of motivation.
Truth be told, I didn't even want to post today.
My sister-in-law recently called to chat. When she asked, "How is your sabbatical… Read More
2022-10-20 20:07
I'd messed up big time.
James was angry. Steaming angry. If I dared to raise my eyes to meet his, I was sure I'd see smoke billowing out of his ears.
He stomped out of the room to cool o… Read More
2022-10-12 13:57
Here’s a secret about me - I’m often envious of my friends. I have so many insanely talented people in my circle who can do amazing things with far less effort than it would take… Read More
2022-10-06 16:44
I sketched this the same evening my mom's surgeon delivered a sucker punch to our family.
After Umma ended up in the hospital for some intestinal twistage (a phenomenon I didn't even think… Read More
2022-09-21 17:50
( Note: No audio blog today because life's gotten a little wild. Read on for details )Last night, I received the worst news I've had in a while. Mom's back in the hospital.
A recovering ca… Read More
2022-09-09 16:28
https://soundcloud.com/pageandspoon/one-step-at-a-time?si=56bbc5f5645f44738414b64bce9af8a2&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing(An audio version of th… Read More
2022-09-01 15:50
https://soundcloud.com/pageandspoon/on-work?si=8717619f06c34cb7be016a254f730a7f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing(Click for an audio version of thi… Read More
2022-08-26 20:35
https://soundcloud.com/pageandspoon/bless-this-mess-final?si=0cf3d10e9561437db0c5713a148dfd28&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingAudio version of the… Read More
2022-08-15 20:56
https://soundcloud.com/pageandspoon/my-back-to-school-list?si=1650d20d60f948deb902181037d0f350&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingAn audio version of… Read More
2022-08-09 17:09
I got a cast iron pan recently. It's been - in a word - wonderful. I don't generally like to use the phrase 'life-changing' because, when over-used - it seems to lose its meaning. After all… Read More
2022-08-05 16:50
https://soundcloud.com/user-457730320/on-eating-alone?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingFor an audio version of this post (read by yours truly) … Read More
2022-08-04 21:15
https://soundcloud.com/user-457730320/eating-slowly-eating-mindfully?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingFor an audio version of this post (read by yours… Read More
2022-07-28 20:43
"I can't do it, Mrs. Choi! But I really, really want to."
My second-grade student, Kiki* was pleading with her eyes. She'd been watching all her classmates proudly pick up bess beetles, ev… Read More
2022-07-17 10:51
My daughter's name was going to be Leah Grace. I’ve had that name picked out for as long as I can remember, because I was so sure that if I ever had a baby, it would be a girl.
Leah… Read More
2022-06-26 18:08
Over the course of our life together, James and I have worked together at two different schools.
I know what they say about not defecating in the same place as your meals, but I had a grea… Read More
2022-06-26 07:23
Can I let you in on a secret?
I’ve been kinda hating this blog lately.
These book reviews have been feeling like grade school book reports. And restaurant reviews are just dumb… Read More
2022-06-25 16:12
James stopped short when he saw me on the couch yesterday, tears streaming down my cheeks as I read the headlines.
“What’s wrong?” he asked with alarm, and I could just s… Read More
2022-06-24 19:46
I know I said I'd call it quits with ARC reviews after a particularly tough last read, but when I saw this opportunity to read Mhairi McFarlane's latest, I couldn't pass it up.
I first dis… Read More
2022-06-24 17:04
My stomach dropped when I saw the headlines, and I swallowed hard to keep my lunch down.
Roe v. Wade had been overturned.
For years, James and I struggled to conceive a child, and we won… Read More
2022-06-23 16:09
Will you play Let's Pretend with me, for just a moment? Imagine you've fallen in love, so deeply, so head-over-heels, that you spend every waking moment thinking about that person, if not or… Read More
2022-06-23 15:44
This is a piece scribed for a writing competition. If you enjoy it, I'd be honored if you could show it some love on the website. Thanks in advance, Page and Spoon friends!
Everyone was sta… Read More
2022-06-22 20:45
Growing up, I was all about Disney movies.
Scratch that. I wanted to live the Disney movies. I wanted to sing like Ariel. I wanted to be as waif-like and as blonde as Sleeping Beauty. I wa… Read More
2022-06-18 13:31
He ruined me for most men in this world.
'Ugh,' I cringed inwardly, rapidly drumming the delete button on the keyboard. That just sounded awkward.
When I wrote a mother's Day message to… Read More
2022-06-18 00:27
I entered a writing contest that apparently tickled some judges, so I'm moving onto Round 2. Details + original writing down below!Challenge: Create a100-word piece of fiction in 24 hours th… Read More
2022-06-17 15:19
Writing is a terribly lonely craft. I don't mean to use the word 'lonely' as if I were languishing. I don't cradle my laptop in bed, drumming away at a keyboard next to my snoring husband be… Read More
2022-06-16 21:53
I don’t like sneakiness - in people or in writing. In a play toward erudition or sniffy, nose-in-the-air artiste posing, it seems that some authors - especially poets - make the most r… Read More
2022-06-14 21:39
My favorite way of traveling is with a spoon.
The first and (so far) last time I traveled to Paris, it was with D., one of my oldest friends and favorite people in the world. I've mentione… Read More
2022-06-14 19:20
It wasn’t until recently that I realized what was true and obvious for me was not true and obvious to others. It behooved me to clearly make the connection between these two loves of m… Read More
2022-06-09 17:28
When did science get so sexy? Gone are the days when nerds would cower in corners, hiding their genius minds under a dirty throwcloth of shame. Somewhere between shows like the Big Bang Theo… Read More
2022-06-08 03:44
I'm more than what that mean scale says
More than the brands I choose to wear
Or the Tuesday when I failed to wash my face
And pulled my first white hair.
I’m more than what Natasha… Read More
2022-06-07 15:53
I first came across Jennifer Weiner's first novel as a sophomore in college. An impecunious college student, I spent my meager cash - not on ramen noodles or packs of instant macaroni - but… Read More
2022-06-06 18:24
Can I share a secret with you?
I've always hated the phrase 'Good things come to those who wait.' Maybe it's because the gene for impatience was seared into my DNA upon birth. Even as I've… Read More
2022-06-06 14:23
The digital version of this book was offered as an Advance Reader Copy (referred to as ARCs in the book publishing world). It involves a simple quid pro quo - be one of the first to read a p… Read More
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