Sticker Shock
How do prices get determined? Why is a particular liquor or ice cream or coffee priced way above the rest? […]
Musings about life
Having and Having Not
Let me start out by assuring you that I feel tremendously blessed and have felt so throughout my life. Having said that, […]
Lush, Voluptuous, Bountiful, Fat
A few years ago I wrote the following words while thinking about my mother and how she would walk into church […]
Generational Dance
As life happens and time passes, your place in the family and among your friends changes. A baby is born […]
Giving Thanks
There is so much to be thankful for today. In the moment that I’m writing this, I’m very thankful that […]
Armor Up and My Brothers
I’ve been realizing lately that I need to armor up. I need to work hard not to absorb or believe […]
Dichotomies
Friday was a day of bad news and hopeful signs.From relatives: a house broken into for the second time in as […]
Long Walks,discovering new places, pilfered pumpkins, and I do not ...
Today I went for a long walk down by Charles River Park. I went down there to check out a […]
Good News in my circle
When a phone rings in this time and place, we usually look at caller ID to see who it is rather […]
The music sweets me so
The music sweets me so is a line from a children’s book, The Dancing Granny, written by Ashley Bryant. That […]
I Say No, No, No
Saturday was a day of three nos. The first no is something that I didn’t say to friend who came […]
Breaking Bread with Friends
My husband and I had two couples over for dinner tonight. It is pouring rain outside yet they braved the […]