It’s a neighborhood skirmish unlike any I’ve seen, so steeped in tension and anger, the rest of us are reeling. Randy and I have tried to broker peace several times, only to have it break down. If we don’t intervene soon, I’m scared things could get ugly. Yes, a family of goldfinches has moved […]
My son Patrick and his band mates toured the Midwest recently. I followed their progress on Facebook as they drove from Connecticut to Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, and Pennsylvania. In the photos, they’re young, beautiful, and smiling. I cheer along and always click the “heart button” underneath. Patrick’s doing what he loves. So why can’t […]
Oh my God, I thought, waking an hour later than usual. Where’s Rocky? He always roused me at the crack of dawn with his loud “Meoooowwww!” I recently wrote a post about this 16-year-old deaf, geriatric cat. And the looming, sad morning he might not come into our room and start my day. Was […]
God bless my husband, Randy. He’s doing something soon he really doesn’t want to do. If left to his own devices, he’d be relaxing in front of the television or playing a gig. But instead, he’s escorting me to a city he hasn’t been for several decades to see someone give a talk he might […]
I had an epiphany last weekend. I toasted my nephew Sean on his graduation from Fairfield University and realized something — I graduated from the same school exactly 40 years ago! I couldn’t help wonder, if I could go back in time, what would I tell that excited, yet nervous young woman about the decades […]
As a young mom, I assumed everyone was kidding when they said, “Wait till your kids get older. It only gets harder.” I panicked. How much harder can this be? With round-the-clock feedings, diaper changing, and unending “togetherness,” this job was relentless. But as I came to find, they were right. Some of the […]
Let’s face it — we only get so many summers in our lifetime. And the older I get, the more precious they become. I see the days from May to September like beautiful beads on a necklace, each to be cherished. There’s nothing worse than getting to Labor Day, with a bunch of “should haves.” […]
We’ve had our cat Rocky almost 16 years, the longest of any animal in our marriage. Now 81 in human time, he’s stone-deaf and arthritic. His once-supple spine feels ridged. One day Rocky was the new kitty on the block, brash and bold. Now he’s elderly. The other day we discovered something that may […]
I can see my husband rolling his eyes now. ”If I hear about this dog one more time.” He calls her a “football-size tornado.” To me, she’s my adorable Papillion/Yorkie. I love Libby. (And despite his bluster, so does Randy). Maybe you’re contemplating getting a dog. If that’s true, let me recount how Libby […]
