The first day of spring – a new season marking another revolution around the sun and another resolution to lose the annual weight I pack on over the winter. The harsh rigors of winter are brutal here in suburbia. I need second helpings and lots of Cabernet for the...
Quirks & Foibles
Watch Out For Your Neck
My New Hampshire Grammy was a worried little woman – wisely worried, really, since there is indeed danger everywhere. She’d have taken last week’s Florida sinkhole death right in stride, though, adding it to her “See? I told you so!” defensive arsenal. We’re a family of deep and constant...
A Shovel Full
Sunday was adrift in flowing snow — particularly pleasant since none of us had to go anywhere. Five strong able-bodied adults spent the day in my cozy little house watching the sidewalks fill up frostily with snow. The sidewalks across the street filled up, too. We take care of...
Night Fever
So I’ve written about reaching into my desk drawer for a Chapstick and applying a glue stick to my lips instead. This morning, I very nearly swallowed an earplug instead of my multivitamin, which is similar in size and shape. I caught myself at the last moment only because...
Sleeve of Hearts
He was a beautiful Jewish boy from NYC with big dark eyes and a winning smile, smart and sassy and apt to lug Classic Literature around with him. Hardcovers, even. He had a beautiful Jewish girlfriend from NYC, but that did not stop me from memorizing his college schedule...