It is a Saturday afternoon and the weather is perfect. I have the muscular weariness from a morning workout that makes me feel Virtuous all day. We had a family video call and both daughters are excellent (M had just returned from yet another trip to NYC to visit her girlfriend and was meeting up … [Read more…]
When I am walking or biking around, I feel like I’m in one of two modes. The first I might call “Tra-la-la” and the second is Ragey. This morning, lucky for me and everyone around me, I was in my more typical Tra-la-la mode. This mode involves me singing, out loud, extremely random songs. I … [Read more…]
It doesn’t even seem vaguely possible that summer is coming to a close already. At my last yoga class, it seemed like every student was in denial when our teacher reminded us that our next class would be in September. The summer camp kids have cleared out of the JCC. And suddenly it’s not quite … [Read more…]
Cute W and I spent the weekend in Portland for Guster on the Ocean. We are longtime fans of Guster (you may recall that we saw them at the Tulip Festival and a babysitter flaked on us for a concert years ago, which I am still bitter about). But even though this music festival has … [Read more…]
Cute W sent me a recipe to try: Spicy Corn and Shishito Salad. This link is paywalled, but when I searched by the recipe name, the same recipe showed up, shared by some enterprising blogger has copied the recipe word for word, with attribution, and it shows up high on the results list. I was … [Read more…]
Cute W and I spent a long weekend in Tucson, AZ, visiting J, who’s been doing the University of Arizona’s STEP-UP program in cancer prevention this summer. She’s been loving Tucson, and Cute W had a work conference in Phoenix, so he decided to attend the conference and then drive down to Tucson. I got … [Read more…]
Ugh. First, a tangent: I was so excited to get things done during my first weekend at home in a while, and instead, I’ve been sick. It might be the lettuce thing. You don’t want details. Well, maybe you want one detail, which is: where did you get it and how can I avoid it? … [Read more…]
Look, I don’t go around trying to find reading challenges. I don’t need a reading challenge: I love to read! But here’s the thing: if I get a reading challenge bee in my bonnet, sometimes I just can’t restrain myself. Like, every year that I go to the Savannah Book Festival, I tell myself that … [Read more…]
One of the joys of empty nesting is that some of the energy that used to be spent making endless meals, doing laundry, and either cleaning up after people or nagging people to clean up after themselves can be spent on other projects. Like organizing. Exhibit A: here’s the chaotic state of affairs that was … [Read more…]
My friend invited me to join her for a pottery throwing class at Main Street Studio in Charlton. It is an absolutely lovely community craft studio. When you first walk in, you’re in an exhibition space On a lovely day they can open the garage doors, and there’s a teensy cozy sitting area (the orange … [Read more…]
