Thin Mints, reconsidered
During my elementary school years, I was part of a Girl Scout troop. I got quite into the badge-earning aspect, completing several on my own. …Read More
Tag Archives: family
Wintry weekend
We came through this weekend's big snowstorm pretty well. Looking outside, I'm seeing a picturesque four inches of the white stuff, rather than a formidable …Read More
Current life strategies
We moved just shy of three weeks ago. The good news is that I finally found my pots and pans yesterday. The bad news is …Read More
Snowy Friday
Well, this has been a week. Moving is stressful. The good news is that the new place is slowly feeling more livable, especially now that …Read More
Night one at the new house
I'm writing this from my old desk in my old house. It turns out that the movers want someone here through the packing and loading …Read More
The holiday week
This may be my last morning writing from this desk...we shall see! Theoretically the movers come to start packing up boxes tomorrow. We're planning to …Read More
The year that was…
We shall see if I make it to midnight tonight. I normally wouldn't (I've become pretty good about my 10:30 bedtime) but I got a …Read More
Thoughts from the shortest day of the year
Yesterday was the winter solstice. A few years ago I wrote a short novel that I've been tentatively calling The Norwegian Secret to Enjoying Winter …Read More
Festive (and how we did on the 2021 holiday fun list)
This was a fairly festive weekend. On Saturday, most of us (my daughter was at a friend's house) went to Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New …Read More