Author Archives: By MICHELLE SLATALLA

Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: As Different as Night and Day

What happens if the next generation remains nocturnal all their lives?


Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: A Life’s Labors Lost, but So What?

A dead hard drive presents a rare opportunity for reinvention.


Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: In the Company of Misery

A wife deals with a sick husband and neighbor on a holiday vacation.


Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: One Door Opens, Another Closes

A house-hunter’s sidelong glance turns into something much more serious.


Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: The Wisdom of a Four-Legged Elder

It is hard when your dog gets old, especially for the humans who live with him.


Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: Altered by a Sewing Machine

Where once I was a results person, I now believe in process and patience.


Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: The Endless First Chapter

Before the onslaught of 21st-century technology affected my attention span, I used to read books all the time. Now it can take weeks of halfhearted fits and starts.


Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: Neighborly Stuffed Cabbage

In a battle for recipes for stuffed cabbage, how could Nana’s lose?


Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: Did the Pilgrims Serve Pork, Too?

A mother changes her family’s Thanksgiving menu to fit her dieting needs.


Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: Dear Banker, Don’t Call Me

In our household’s division of labor, I deal with inquiring mortgage lenders.