It’s a spot I’d driven by thousands of times, a little country farm with a storefront, tucked away, across from our town’s middle school. In all my years here, I never went in. But Covid made for strange bedfellows and one day, needing eggs, I entered. Now “The Farm” has become a staple in my […]
Thank God for sons. My oldest, Patrick, offered to do something so wonderful this Christmas, so stupendous and magical, I’m pinching myself. Okay, the real reason he’s doing it is because I’m incompetent. But I’m all right with that. In fact, I couldn’t be happier. Patrick is putting up our Christmas tree. No doubt, my […]
All families have unique ways to celebrate Turkey Day. Some like a lot of drama. Some watch football. Some go jogging. Our family has a strange tradition that only gets worse with time. It always starts innocently enough. Then someone throws down the gauntlet. Last Thanksgiving was typical. We’re eating turkey, with all the trimmings. […]
It makes no sense. A series about muffins and quick breads should put everyone to sleep. But I count the days until the next episode of “The Great British Bake-Off” like I used to wait for the newest Beatles song. For an hour, I’m transported from tense America to the “baking tent,” amid the bucolic […]
God, this is a stressful time. My body’s buzzing with so much tension, I want to reach for a Xanax, two shots of tequila, or both. But the other day, I found something in my desk drawer, something small and plastic and gray. Something I’d forgotten about. I clipped it onto my waist band and […]
Yes, cars can be spooky. At least mine was, parked in our garage one strange October night. This time of year, it’s easy to picture witches and goblins flying by the window or tapping you on the shoulder, but being unnerved by your automobile? That night my youngest son Paul left to get something from […]
There’s something comforting in a creature who doesn’t know what’s going on in the world. My Yorkie Libby doesn’t care who is president, what’s the latest pandemic scare, or even the name of her town. All Libby cares about are the awesome fall sights, tastes, and smells on our neighborhood walks… Each afternoon I […]
It can be as easy as lying down. Other times, it’s like trying to get into the most exclusive nightclub. You wait for hours, till finally you’re allowed past those red, velvet ropes. You get into Sleep Club. Is it me or has slumber become more complicated in later years? Sleep problems now fall […]
You can’t imagine how old and wretched I pictured this age when I first heard Paul McCartney’s song back in 1967. I still have about ten days to go, but can’t help comparing the lyrics then to the reality today… When I get older losing my hair Many years from now… My husband Randy (also […]
