I have always wanted to learn to bake bread. In the long dark days after losing Nicky I decided it was time to start, without really understanding why. I suppose it seemed comforting, life affirming, nurturing for all of us. It was something to do at a time when, in fact, there was nothing any
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Red Sox and Black Quilts
I was at a Red Sox game this summer, thinking about quilting. It wasn’t my fault. I was trying very hard to concentrate. I like baseball, in theory. I have been a Red Sox fan for almost 30 years since my husband brought home a Red Sox T-shirt for me from a business trip. Now,
Read on »Garlic and Gooseberries: Everyone Needs Space to Grow
The milk spray was a success! It seems to have gotten rid of the powdery mildew and the zucchini are robust again. That is a bit of a mixed blessing, however, as they are now taking over that part of the garden. They have crowded out the eggplants which had been the strongest and most
Read on »Shifting Gears
The plate flips and lands on the floor with a crash. My expletive booms into the air, bounces off the walls and then, just as suddenly, the silence closes back in around me like a vacuum seal. Having jumped off the couch when I knocked the plate from its precarious perch, my heart still pounds.
Read on »Sometimes You Just Need Your Mom
Children develop independence during their high school years, pushing their parents away, learning to stand on their own, which is exactly as it should be. By the time they are in college, they have learned to separate their darks and lights and juggle a busy schedule, and they are making decisions and mistakes of
Read on »Trident Meet Up
When the kids are back in town, as they both were last week, we try to hit some favorite family haunts together, and Trident Booksellers and Café is always at the top of the list. One of our first discoveries upon moving here, this restaurant within a bookstore would fit right into Portland, so it feels
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In the spirit of making writing a priority, I have been busy signing up for writing classes and The Muse and The Marketplace conference, put on here in Boston by a great writing center called Grub St. http://www.grubstreet.org/ Looks like a great event with workshops on both the creative and business sides of publishing. I
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