Laurie Gould -- Midlife Mom Songs

I am married to a man who likes to say Yes.   I, on the other hand, like to say Maybe, let me check the calendar for that day, that week, that month, and think about how I’m likely to feel…

A new music video, for everyone who's being bombarded by hair-on-fire political fundraising missives:

My favorite time of day for yoga is late afternoon or early evening.  It’s a chance to clear my mind after a day of work and capture some calm for the night ahead.  At yoga I can shift my focus…

What is your priority when you return home after a week away?   If you’re a gardener, and it’s growing season, I bet I know the answer:  it’s the reunion with your plants.   How did they do in the week’s searing…

It is somewhere between Christmas and New Year’s and my husband and I are loading our bags into the back of an Uber that will take us to O’Hare Airport.   We have just finished the first leg of our holiday…

What do Jews do on Christmas?   The stereotype says that we go the movies and eat Chinese food.   I want to set the record straight:   my Jewish household does not always do these things on Christmas!

This year, we did…

My first grandchild, a wonderful little boy, was born six weeks ago.  It’s an identity-shifting moment.   For most of my adult life, I’ve thought of myself as a mother above all else (“midlifemomsongs,” right?).  Now, I’m the mother…

A new video, once again featuring the inimitable Julia Ansolabehere on the clarinet! 

First foray into the Disaster Song genre!  This little ditty was co-written with my daughter, Julia Ansolabehere.   

I am about to be a first-time grandma, expecting this first grandson to arrive quite literally at any minute.   In these weeks leading up to my daughter's due date, and in the days since we've crept past it, my phone…