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What the Dickens?!

December 23, 2013 by Anita Rosner

Let is never be said that I am a Scrooge during the holidays. But for some reason, this year, I just can’t seem to get my merriment on. I first noticed it while picking out our Christmas tree. Normally, I give the same attention to buying a tree as I do to buying a house. Every year we wander the tree farm, circle back, and mark possible candidates before making that final cut. This year, it took all of five […]

Categories: Food, Humor, Longform, Narrative, Parenting, Uncategorized • Tags: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Christmas, Christmas card, Christmas Cookies, Christmas tree, Holidays, Santa

White Christmas

December 14, 2013 by Anita Rosner

The excitement of Christmas, and all ita wonders, can dwindle for some of us, as we age. Rather than embracing a time for rejoicing, or devotion (should one reflect on the actual meaning of Christmas), the season can become a drudge of extra chores that nobody needs to add to their overloaded agendas. Often, at this time of year, people become cranky, depressed, and envious of their associates whom do not partake of these traditions. My friend Vanessa, a Jehovah’s Witness, […]

Categories: Humor, Longform, Narrative, Parenting, Uncategorized • Tags: Aisha Harris, Christmas, Fox News, Fox News Channel, Holidays, Macy's, Megyn Kelly, Santa, Santa Claus

Killer Instinct

October 3, 2013 by Anita Rosner

Competition can bring out the best in us, or the absolute worst of our animal nature. I am highly competitive, but when push comes to shove, I fall apart in spectacular ways because I lack the killer instinct. Some years ago, I was an archer, traveling around the country to compete in tournaments. One of my favorites was the enormous World Archery Festival, held every year in Las Vegas, and attended by thousands. I was having my best year since […]

Categories: Humor, Longform, Narrative, Parenting • Tags: Archery, Competition, Helicopter parents, Killer Instinct, New York, State University of New York, University at Albany SUNY, Words With Friends

Please Release Me

August 15, 2013 by Anita Rosner

Parents have lots of endearing nicknames for their kids: Budgie, Smoojie, Jellybean… For occasions when their children are being needy, I’ve heard parents call them Velcro, The Warden, The Cling-On… And during those especially trying times: The Barnacle or The Hemorrhoid (always said with love, of course). In our house, you would be known as Whiny Clingman or Grumpus Minutus. As a tyke, whenever my Sonny Boy was feeling codependent, he’d stand in front of me with his arms raised, […]

Categories: Humor, Narrative, Parenting, Uncategorized • Tags: babies, children, college, letting go, mothers, mothers and sons, New York, Parenting, Pennsyltucky, Pennsylvania, separation, toddlers

SNORK [snawrk] verb: laughing while drinking, causing beverages to explode from the face

verb: laughing while drinking, resulting in a beverage explosion from the face (i.e., Anita Rosner's blog made me snork coffee out my nose.)

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What the Dickens?!

White Christmas

Killer Instinct

Please Release Me