Posted in Tips for Getting Around, tagged Fish, Friends, Humor, Life, Personal on May 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My fish was dying – again. This would make it my third fish to die in two weeks. I grabbed the fish bowl and my coat, ran out and hailed a cab. With icky, fishy water sloshing all over my lap, I directed the cab to the Old Town Aquarium. I ran in the dark store panicking as [...]
Posted in The Local Scene, tagged Cancer, Family, Friends, Gardening, Life, Perennials, Personal on May 21, 2008 | No Comments »
When we first moved here, I didn’t know what a Hosta was. My new neighbor, Karen, told me. That first spring, still stunned by the loss of my career, I looked out at my new yard, and felt helpless and stupid. I was lonely, bored and completely overwhelmed with all the little green shoots popping up, taunting [...]
Posted in Traveling with Children, tagged Family, Humor, Life, Motherhood, Mothers Day, neighbors, Personal, Playdates on May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Not too long ago, a young family moved in across the street. Nice, blonde and Dutch-looking, they have two adorable kids that are younger than mine. I had met the mother, who is soft-spoken, achingly sweet and apparently a little church-going, so I have to really watch my language around her. Other than pleasant small [...]
Posted in Traveling with Children, tagged Adoption, Deer, Family, Funny, Humor, Kids, Life on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
My daughter Caroline recently informed us she was adopted. Apparently she used to live with her “First Family” until they were “killed and eaten by a deer”. Now, she’s announced, she “has to live with us”. I think she’s mostly okay with this fate, although occasionally we’ll be going somewhere and she’ll comment nostalgically “Yeah, I used to [...]
Posted in The Local Scene, tagged Funny, Lessons, Life, Peace, Personal, Random, Thoughts on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
We’ve started going to the pretty church in town and oy, what a scene. I had been resisting going there because it seems claustrophobic to spend time on Sunday with the very same people I’ve spent Monday though Friday with. Come the Sabbath, I’m kind of looking for a break. It’s work to navigate the social corridors of [...]
