I work dangerously close to my favorite bookstore in town, Left Bank Books. It’s actually perfect because books are really our go-to gifts. When the girls were tiny we decided to host our own no-gift parties (and eleven years later I have zero regrets on this), and many of the parties they are invited to…
on being
This week has been sort of a strange one for me, more melancholy than celebratory. I’m not sure why that surprises me. Maybe I thought I was in the perfect frame of mind to meet and pass this particular milestone. Last week I was feeling strong and tough and energized. There is more daylight, more…
forty
I had a lot on my mind this past weekend, and I’m sure my looming birthday might have factored into that just a little. Some of those thoughts are still percolating a bit inside my head, and I really didn’t think I was going to post anything here today. But then I saw this collage my…