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The Girl Who Stared Into Space

Relaxing doesn’t always come easily. Not even in the summer time.

Suck it Up, Buttercup

I had one of those yowza, take-a-deep-breath-and-try-not-to-cry parental moments the other day with my son.

We were talking about the school talent show, of all things. He had originally planned to form a band with a group of his buddies but all of their “rehearsals” had deteriorated into impromptu soccer games and water fights, so the budding Beatles never blossomed. They never even came up with a name for the band, which, as we all know, is the best part of being in a band.

Firing up for the fourth

By Leslie Dinaberg
www.LeslieDinaberg.com
The Fourth of July is the one day of the year when laziness finally gets the respect it deserves, which is why the fourth is number one in my book.
Despite all of the organized activity options in town—which consists of multiple parades; a musical smorgasbord of American standards, symphonies, jazz, flamenco, kid [...]

Father Knows Best

By Leslie Dinaberg
Though he spent a lot of my childhood hard at work on the football fields of Santa Barbara City College—calling plays, not mowing the lawn—and a lot of my adulthood on the golf course, playing poker, or retired on the couch—in deep snoring thought—my father still manages to provide his children and grandchildren [...]

Of Course She Doesn’t Have Kids

By Leslie Dinaberg
“A surprising percentage of women nominated to top government jobs have no children,” stated a recent Daily Beast story by Peter Beinart about Elena Kagan’s nomination and the gender make up of the Supreme Court.
That chortle you heard all the way across town was me, laughing out loud. Seriously? How can this [...]

Kindergarten Screening

By Leslie Dinaberg
www.LeslieDinaberg.com
Playing “tour guide” for the parents of incoming kindergarteners this morning, I couldn’t help feeling a little nostalgic. It wasn’t that long ago that I was holding a tiny, nervous hand in my bigger and more nervous one, as we made our way to the first in a long series of school tests. [...]