M and the girls surprised me with this planter that I’ve wanted for ages, and my sister and family gave me a gift certificate to a favorite nursery to purchase a plant to go in it. I went with something else in mind – something shorter, with broad, variegated leaves. But then the girls spotted…
Author: thirdstoryies
washington d.c. – day three (so much food)
Sunshine for the third day in a row! The weather was still brisk for late March, but we were excited for another day of exploring in the sun. Before the carousel (spotted the day before on the Mall), we headed to breakfast down the block from our hotel. In my opinion, there are few better…
forty-three
I’m settling into my forties okay. I feel pretty young, but also sort of old, at any given moment. When I’ve finished a run or a particularly challenging workout, I feel strong and invincible. When I’ve been chained to my desk for a week, and I turn my head in some odd way and strain…