My current decorating strategy, as anyone who has visited the house knows, is just to hang on until the children move out, and then start over. I don't see much point in buying nice furniture that is going to suffer various protracted indignities, and I gave up on the living room carpet long ago. But… Continue reading Pillows
The Problem with Zucchini
It’s zucchini season. We had the first of the harvest for supper with some potatoes and beef. A friend of mine has a garden for the first time this year, and she sent me a picture of four zucchini and two yellow squash and said, “This is the first day. Why did no one WARN… Continue reading The Problem with Zucchini
This Is Hard
I had that conversation again. The one where someone pulls me aside, or sends me a private message, and says, "I'm so glad you said it. That thing I felt like I couldn't say." This time it was about social distancing, and being at home with kids while trying to work like normal (whatever THAT… Continue reading This Is Hard
And it came to pass …
Over the years, my mom told us this story from time to time. Often when things looked grim, but sometimes just because it made her laugh. It was one of her favorites. It was probably in the Reader's Digest, and it's almost certainly apocryphal, but I thought of it this morning as I was driving… Continue reading And it came to pass …
That Hat
I was in the grocery store checkout line when a woman caught me eyeing her husband. She seemed curious rather than irritated, but I figured I should explain myself. “That hat,” I told her, nodding at her husband. “My dad always wore a hat like that.” Her husband turned around and smiled. “Like this?” he… Continue reading That Hat