The Gardens have been in a bit of scramble around The Inn*, getting ready for their wedding debut. On Saturday. Ya. This Saturday. I... Read More
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… on the acting locally thing
Okay… I’ve given up. Maybe one day every single thing will be unpacked and put away… but strategy right now for the wedding is... Read More
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… on tucking in a house
It occurred to me yesterday, alone in the house I have mockingly referred to as ‘The Disposable Shack’… After the family packed itself into... Read More
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… on nicknames lived up to
The Disposable Shack. Disposed. Well, not quite. But now I am thinking it was so unfair to refer to this wonderful home as the... Read More
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… on risk and reward
Yesterday morning I was hanging out in the hotel, getting some work done when I heard from Number One Son Sam, who was practicing... Read More
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… on a couple of toasts
Once upon a time Delia Ephron wrote a book called Hanging Up, and then her sister Nora produced it into a movie. It wasn’t a... Read More
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… on a snowy morning gift
The Nearly Perfect Husband and I were home in chic and trendy Dunstable last week for a number of reasons, not the least of... Read More
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… on shades of blue
The light streams in The world anew In dawning, dulcet Shades of blue. The snowflakes fly As snowflakes do In Maine, if not In... Read More
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… on wrestling time (or tilting at windmills)
So this whole calendar thing. Yes… the calendar thing. I mean, I get the whole ‘day, solar year, and lunar cycle’ thing. And the... Read More
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… on being present in this morning, this place
There are several quotes that I have elevated to ‘words to live by’ status over the years. One has been boiled down to three... Read More
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… on a visitor’s return home
Spike! He’s all adult-y! I knew he’d be back. Last year we had some rather interesting initial indications of his presence (made known in particularly... Read More