by Deborah Quinn | Apr 8, 2013 | exercise, Kids, me my own personal self, sports, Travel, yoga
I have good balance. I can do standing balance poses in yoga (the mildly twisty ones, not the super-twisty ones); I have mastered the rudiments of stand-up paddle-boarding; I’ve even done some yoga moves on a paddle-board. So I figured that learning to surf...
by Deborah Quinn | Mar 23, 2013 | exercise, family, growing up, Kids, Parenting, sports
Caleb is the little brother, the youngest, the baby. His older brother, who isn’t very tall, nevertheless casts a long, long shadow: Liam almost always gets the top honor, the award, the prize. True, Liam’s competitive spirit would make Napoleon nervous,...
by Deborah Quinn | Mar 23, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, Books, family, Kids, sports, World Moms Blog
Sidelines at Caleb’s soccer football match last week: I think we classify this image under “the new normal.” (Plus that little kid in the jacket looks like he’s developing some mad skillz) When I wasn’t standing on the sidelines watching...
by Deborah Quinn | Jan 23, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, expat, Kids, sports
Let’s talk objects in space, shall we? There are some things that should not collide: cars and occupied strollers, our planet and massive asteroids, Michelle Obama and John Boehner. Also? This: should not collide with the head of a twelve year old. Or to put it...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 16, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, exercise, Feminism, sports, UAE
When women started riding bicycles, it was considered shocking. A bicycle has to be, you know, straddled. Plus there was the possibility that a bicyclist might wear a split skirt…or, worse, bloomers. Plus there was always the chance her ankles might show. Susan...
by Deborah Quinn | Sep 17, 2012 | Kids, Parenting, sports
Caleb plays soccer. He loves soccer, if not with the fire of a thousand white-hot suns, then with the flames of at least one or two firebolts. He’s not a bad soccer player, for an eight year old. We’re not calling up Arsenal and saying they should come...
