menu_open
Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally

The Saratogian

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Placing my faith in truth

Why can’t we just say what we want? What we really want. We all tend to think if we did, life would be better. That’s not always the case. The...

27.04.2024 10

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: A hankering for shrimp tacos

“Wanna go out?” For a second I floundered. As I stood in the kitchen, gazing absently into a refrigerator packed to its edges with leftovers...

20.04.2024 10

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Looking up

It was mid-afternoon on an otherwise ordinary Monday for us “work-from-homers.” But for my son, who was lounging around the house in his PJs, it...

13.04.2024 10

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Stirring up a mix of emotions

As I listened to oral arguments in a case before the Supreme Court concerning Mifepristone, one of two drugs often used in combination, and commonly...

30.03.2024 6

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: ‘Oops!’

I had trained my camera on my husband. He had been lying in bed beside me, head propped up on a pillow while our black cat draped herself over his...

23.03.2024 6

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Making the most of spring break

While she packs the car, I check the weather. Though it won’t change our path any, my heart is lighter knowing we won’t have to contend with snow...

16.03.2024 5

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Keeping women in the picture

In the big picture, we want to take maternal health seriously. We want to minimize harm to our nation’s pregnant and postpartum patients. And...

09.03.2024 5

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Divine spines

The conversation was heading in an awkward direction, as conversations about religion and politics often do. My mouth was ready to cast off a...

02.03.2024 3

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Out of pocket

I thought about the bills I had tucked in my pocket. It was money I had considered saving … or spending on pizza. I hadn’t yet decided. I knew I...

10.02.2024 10

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: The magic of the internet coffee video

“Did you see what I sent you?” He’s usually sitting on the couch next to me as we divide our attention between three different screens and...

20.01.2024 10

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Wary traveler, off running

The unnamed roadways on the Island De Vieques pushed northward in steep elevation along the coastline, and I pushed myself up their pockmarked...

13.01.2024 3

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Confessions of an anxious traveler

The temperature got warmer all of a sudden. Up until that moment during the three-and-a-half-hour flight, the plane had felt drafty and frigid. I...

06.01.2024 3

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Three cheers for unremarkable results

I know I wasn’t hallucinating. I had been under the influence of sedation, but I had concrete proof. Five years ago, after my first big milestone...

30.12.2023 5

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: The most wonderful time of the year

Tomorrow we will sleep in. That’s the plan, anyway. Tonight we are neither on guard nor on our best behavior. There will be at least four cheeky...

23.12.2023 3

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Accepting a different kind of festive

The house looks like it always does. There are mountains of clean laundry piled on chairs throughout the downstairs rooms waiting to be folded. Dishes...

16.12.2023 2

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: The woman looking back at me in the mirror

Who is that woman? Her hair, frizzy and dry, was a tri-blend of color that needed … at the very least … a bit of attention. She looked vaguely...

09.12.2023 2

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: All this for an air mattress

“When you come can you bring one of the air mattresses?” An undulating college commute for the holidays – where we spend a few non-continuous...

02.12.2023 10

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: The hustle and bustle of the holidays

We separated this holiday season. I took one kid and a carload of stuff. He took the dog, and the pickup truck, and a trailer with an old rusted...

25.11.2023 6

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: When well enough is more than enough

The clicker isn’t working. I rattle it against my hand. Twice. Then I try again. This time it turns the television on, but it won’t change...

18.11.2023 4

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally Ittybits & Pieces: Time is of the essence with my teenager

“You want to go to the gym?” If you are like me … you probably don’t. You’d rather curl up in your favorite chair with a cup of coffee and a...

11.11.2023 2

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: The societal advantages of ‘freer-range’ children

I read with interest linguist John McWhorter’s essay on the loss of the freer-ranging childhood of his youth (NYT Opinion Nov. 2). In it he explores...

04.11.2023 3

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: The infancy of a fall

The dog pounces at the blowing leaves, testing the limits of her collar at the edge of the driveway as we wait for traffic to pass. Her nightly walk...

28.10.2023 2

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Reacquainting with our daughter

I drummed my fingers on the table. Tapped my foot in imperfect time with the music. My thoughts jumbled an informal to-do list until I decided to...

21.10.2023 8

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Hoping for the best

I’ve been thinking about “family” a lot recently. Particularly about the connections we’re born with … and the connections that fray as we...

14.10.2023 4

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: My pets seemingly have me trained

The cats greet me every morning in the kitchen with big, toothy screeches. They show me with the skeletal ridges of the hard palate as they unhinge...

07.10.2023 3

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: What could go wrong?

I raised my hand when the kid’s team asked for volunteers. I was eager. Confident, even, despite my limited knowledge of competitive high school...

30.09.2023 3

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: An ode to Watervliet

Watervliet holds a special place in my heart. Once upon a time, I had family there. My grandmother was born in Watervliet, and my mother lived there...

23.09.2023 6

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: The congestion conundrum

So who knew phenylephrine didn’t work, raise your hands. Now take a squirt of your favorite antibacterial liquid and rub them together. A Food and...

16.09.2023 6

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Pacing ourselves

The boy has been limping around the house for days, struggling with stretching exercises and trying to get pre-cut strips of elastic tape to adhere to...

09.09.2023 2

The Saratogian

Siobhan Connally

52ca18d8674d1a3ecb44d2de5edf7e68