The Sweetest Spot of Parenting
When your children are young, between the ages of birth – 12 or so, you are in the sweetest spot […]
Laughter & Joy
Trying to meditate
Stumble down the stairs. Open the blinds or keep them closed. Turn off the front and back porch lights. Set […]
Some pleasures
Pleasures surround. Pleasures abound. It was a pleasure to share dinner with a friend and her husband and cousin on […]
Lessons from a granddaughter
On a day when you’re just going through the motions; when everything feels like drudgery at its worse and routine […]
Almost Will & Jada
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
There must be 50 ways to love your lover.* Here’s a list of suggestions I’ve come up with to love […]
Friday Night Fun for Free (in the ‘bury and on ...
The ‘bury (Roxbury)Instead of crashing or cuddling in last Friday night (3/9), I decided to head out. I’m so glad […]
Words I Like
There are words that I like not just for their meanings but for the way they feel when I say […]
Summertime Delights
Please forgive the lag time since my previous post. I’ve been too busy living, writing and cavorting to post. I will try to […]
Summer-summer-summer time (the music!)
This is turning out to be a summer of music for me and my friends. Just this week, I have attended […]
Elephant Walk?
Walk like an elephant? Imagine that. Not so long ago, a thought breezed through my mind. (This happens every now […]
Taking a pause for my cause
Sometimes you just have to take a break from the everyday demands. Notice I said take a break not a […]
Exercise TV – Yippee!
2010-2011 has proven to be a fiercely-serious winter in Boston with multiple, heavy snowstorms, frigid temperatures, and cancelled meetings and […]
Blackbeans, collard greens and snow
Did you know that one of the things you can do when the sixth snowstorm hits (in what is proving […]
This Christmas
At this point in the holiday season – the eve of Christmas Eve, everything comes into sharp focus. It – […]
Wisdom for a Rainy Monday or Anyday
On a rainy, dreary Monday morning, I thought I’d share this bit of wisdom I overheard while waiting on […]
Come together, right now (why wait?)
I almost never host cookouts because I don’t have the outdoor furnishings to accommodate more than my husband and I, […]
Happiness from Small Things (with a note to sourpusses)
Small things make me happy. iStock photo I can get deliriously happy over simple things. I realize that this has […]