by Shawna | Jul 18, 2015 | Overheard
Mom to 3-year-old boy on sunny day at Edmonds waterfront: “Look, Adam, that little boy is wearing his hat.”
by Shawna | Jul 18, 2015 | Main Blog
Before I was old enough to go to school, my parents kept a willow switch on top of the refrigerator. I don’t remember that they used it much, but the threat of it infuriated me. One day when they were working outside, I got up on a stool, took the switch, broke it,...
by Shawna | Jul 3, 2015 | Overheard
30 something mom in the sandbox to her 15 month old “No, we don’t put water in the sandbox. Noooooo water in the sandbox. You can do that at the beach, but not in the sandbox.”
by Shawna | Jul 2, 2015 | Main Blog
A while ago, I saw this photo from the Humans of New York series, captioned with a response from the girl in the photo to the photographer’s question. I love that instead of answering the question, she challenged it instead. “I don’t like that question. Everybody...
