It has been 12 days since I left my job and since then I’ve been feeling very much in a state of flux. Everything is the same and yet, radically different. All things are possible and yet, everything seems frozen. Under snow and holidays and yes, some measure of fear, I’ll admit. I guess this [...]
Good morning! Hope you all had wonderfully filling Thanksgivings, wherever you are. Me, I had two Thanksgiving dinners, which effectively means I’m not allowed to eat for three days. Today, I have a guest post for you from my dear Aunt Nancy, my mom’s sister, who hosted us for Thanksgiving dinner #1 yesterday (and did [...]
You know, I don’t think it’s any accident that Thanksgiving comes before Christmas. That we must give thanks before we can receive. That we must appreciate what we have before we can have any more of it. I’ve always been a believer in giving before receiving. It’s kind of like eating your vegetables before having dessert, [...]
Well, the second week of National Blog Posting Month has just started and just for the record, this challenge is officially kicking my butt. I mean, I’m doing it. But it’s a true challenge for me. And while I definitely believe it is a good thing, I sometimes wonder if the time I spend putting [...]
Dancing until we were out of breath, Eating until we were out of breath. And yes. Of course there was cake. Party, replete with squealing little girls, And new friends. And the coming together, Of two different worlds. Then memorial after memorial, And pictures and museums, On the prettiest of pretty fall days. Wherein shadows [...]
Tonight I get to do a task that I normally abhor. That most people normally abhor. But that I am totally looking forward to this time and that is packing. I know, I know. Packing generally blows. Almost as much as unpacking. But this time, I’m packing for the BEACH! There, I said it, the [...]
Last weekend we went down to our friend’s parents house in Connecticut for their annual July 4th party. Except “party” is really the grossest understatement you could assign to this gathering. There’s enough food there to feed a small army, as my mother would say, and probably enough alcohol to stock a neighborhood bar for [...]
It’s Sunday, January 4th and I’m slowly coming to grips with the fact that the holidays are officially o-v-e-r and I have to return to work tomorrow. Some people, as much as they say they love the holidays, are kind of ready for them to end when they’re over, and for real life to resume. [...]
