"Pitching to Real Moms, the Ones Who Aren’t Perfect"

Well, that was an intriguing article on my laptop courtesy of the digital version of the NYTimes. (less paper, less clutter, less agita over all the articles I should read- but I digress.) The Mom Complex is a marketing division of the Martin Agency in Richmond, Va. recently created by Katherine Wintsch who saw the need to market to real moms and not the ad mom ideal (casting an articulate attractive woman whose clothes always match her environment as well as her children's.) You can't really stage the kind of domestic chaos that often passes as our normal. You know, clothes never put away ("after my show is over"), beds rarely straightened ("I am only going to get back in to later") and dirty dishes resting comfortably everywhere. ("Mom! I forgot! Chill!!!") That's when I want to leaf a magazine, any magazine, and savor those images of more perfect worlds where people (i.e. kids) faithfully maintain their obligations, the bathroom, their hygiene and their love of mother. Even the imperfect ones.

A Dose of Curiousity

I don't normally comment on an image from a website- but as I checked out today's Nowness dispatch about Bryanboy's visit to the designers DSquared2 in Milan, I was fascinated by the image above. Are they skates? Are they shoes? Where exactly do you wear this stylish footwear?

Chaos Control

I'm actively trying to sort and relocate accumulations that need to go. Odd collectibles,
tag sale finds, apparel and hot items are making their way out the door as gifts, donations, Ebay, Craigslist, and consignment. It's time to reduce and I am focussed on this task. Watching the leaves turn I know that winter hovers in the not too distant future. The goal is to have more order and less clutter before the holidays and all the chaos that they bring..

A Crush from Afar (very very afar)

My husband gallantly gave me a "hall pass" to explore my romantic feelings for Ryan Gosling. I was very grateful, but as this is a total impossibility (the age thing could be a problem, as well as my absolute dedication to said husband and kids), I am happy to be an admirer of this talented young actor. And now I have a small crush about which I intend to do nothing. Sweet feelings to enjoy from afar.

A Moment in Time

I was doing an edit to find photos to send to my friend Kirk who is embarking on a long convalescence from hip surgery. I want to print some photos from our visit there last summer to give him something fun to remember. Pouring over the photos of their after dinner table, lit by candles as the dusk darkened to night- I notice my son sitting in the group and looking at me with a quizzical expression. Hopefully, this recording of our daily moments large and small will one day serve to carry them back to happy memories of our life together.