by Deborah Quinn | Nov 29, 2014 | Children, Education, Feminism, tech life, Uncategorized
So the other day I was reading The New Yorker — the actual magazine, not the tablet version. I hate reading magazines electronically. They force me to read chronologically, when for me some of the joy of reading a magazine is flipping through the pages and...
by Deborah Quinn | Mar 25, 2014 | Books, family, Kids, marriage, Parenting, pop culture, ranting
…and when did “parenting” become a verb, anyway? Time was, back in the day, a parent was a noun, and what you did was “raise” kids or “try not to drown” kids or “don’t lose the kids in the mall.” But those...
by Deborah Quinn | Oct 8, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, Children, legos, moving, shopping
We left New York in July with 12–TWELVE–suitcases in tow. For a variety of reasons we decided not to ship any personal items and instead we took full advantage of our business class tickets, which allowed us each 3 checked bags, at 26 kilos each. If...
