Full Spectrum Mama

Dear Readers, The Full Spectrums are moving. Given that we are a gang with a lot of feelings, a lot of stuff (where did it all come fro...

In “Laugh Like a…” and “Gortles vs. Vocal Fry” I began to write about the Full Spectrum of speech expressed by my children and our family ...

…In which I expound, dear readers, upon a small spectrum of handy-to-la famiglia FSM tools that might be useful and/or laughable in your r...

Many people worry. I don’t remember worrying much before becoming a mother, but back then I used to, how you say, “sleep.” All parents worry...

G had a major project due last week. He was to create a poster to illustrate and outline a presentation on his research on Grover Cleveland....

“Knock, knock.” “Who’s there?” “Interrupting Cow.” “Interrupting Cow—“ “--Moo!” If you don’t think this joke is funny, or if you think it sh...

Let’s scratch that linear spectrum from my first entry. I’m feeling now that a better visual model would be a circular rainbow pie chart dea...

Maybe it was the “vacation” weekend on the Cape when I spent two out of three nights in the car with Z because she refused to stop screaming...

Later, I am going to write a very serious poem. About death. But first a few words about the most alive people I know, Z and G, and about li...

Disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor, neurologist or psychiatrist. I am a Ph.D., but in sociology. This is all from my own speculation and...

There is a range of ways of being known intimately to me as a person, woman and mother, a Full Spectrum, if you will. As a mother of two hig...