Backlog

Again I find myself bewildered by where to start now that I have some time to get back to my blog. Its been a crazy month. I am finally done with my semester, which ended well though with a frenzy …

Rest in Peace

Some weeks are just full of terrible news.

Last Wednesday, our dear family friend Amy Grabel passed away after battling cancer for years. I consider Amy part of the village that raised me, and her death is very sad for …

Making Up for Lost Time

This past weekend me and my Mother Esther ventured up to Maine to a cabin on a lake – no TV, no cell service – no wifi – just us and some boats and the water and some books and …

A Tale of Two Weeks

Well I have been seriously neglecting my blog and a lot has been happening so a recap is long overdue. I spent the first week of august in Scenic Blackduck, MN, a town and lake in northern Minnesota, at the …

And I’m Legal

At exactly 12:01 on Monday, July 19, I got a phone call, from across the globe (12 hr. time difference), from a very special person, wishing me a happy birthday and wanting to hear my voice. That set the tone for …

Worlds Collide

I always love it when I can get all my different circles of friends together in one space. This past weekend, my dear mother broke in her BRAND NEW Propane Grill – (call it a mid-life crisis) hosting a cookout …

Man’s Best Friends

About 10 years ago our friends (now neighbors) called us up frantically asking us to take in two kittens they had found dumped out of a car in front of their house. They were headed out of town but had …

First time for everything: Chicken Parmesan

Snow Bird

For a Boston kid, me and my family never did the whole snowbird thing where we flee from our bitter northeast weather to warmer and welcoming destinations. We typically celebrate the holidays at home – if we go anywhere it’s …

Plates of comfort and joy

Every year my mother has a holiday tradition of taking over the house and making millions of batches of Christmas cookies which we deliver to all our friends around the city. This is quite the serious undertaking – so intensive …

It’s her birthday so we do what she wants to

We have something of a tradition for my mom’s birthday, We go out to eat, go see some movie, come home and do low key presents and cake… it’s always very nice and usually makes me go see movies I …

New Jersey of my Childhood

At least once a summer I take a trip to visit family down in New Jersey. I’m not talking about the industrial, extension of New York part of Jersey, I’m talking about rural southern Jersey, where they grow corn and …