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When your children are young, between the ages of birth – 12 or so, you are in the sweetest spot […]

Stumble down the stairs. Open the blinds or keep them closed. Turn off the front and back porch lights. Set […]

Pleasures surround. Pleasures abound. It was a pleasure to share dinner with a friend and her husband and cousin on […]

On a day when you’re just going through the motions; when everything feels like drudgery at its worse and routine […]

My son, Cyrus McQueen, is featured in this short video, Almost Will & Jada, written by a good friend of his. […]

There must be 50 ways to love your lover.* Here’s a list of suggestions I’ve come up with to love […]

The ‘bury (Roxbury)Instead of crashing or cuddling in last Friday night (3/9), I decided to head out. I’m so glad […]

There are words that I like not just for their meanings but for the way they feel when I say […]

This is turning out to be a summer of music for me and my friends. Just this week, I have attended […]

Walk like an elephant? Imagine that. Not so long ago, a thought breezed through my mind. (This happens every now […]

Sometimes you just have to take a break from the everyday demands. Notice I said take a break not a […]

2010-2011 has proven to be a fiercely-serious winter in Boston with multiple, heavy snowstorms, frigid temperatures, and cancelled meetings and […]

Did you know that one of the things you can do when the sixth snowstorm hits (in what is proving […]

At this point in the holiday season – the eve of Christmas Eve, everything comes into sharp focus. It – […]

On a rainy, dreary Monday morning, I thought I’d share this bit of wisdom I overheard while waiting on […]

I almost never host cookouts because I don’t have the outdoor furnishings to accommodate more than my husband and I, […]

Small things make me happy. iStock photo I can get deliriously happy over simple things. I realize that this has […]