I am a huge Ruth Reichl fan. I’ve read all of her books – multiple times. I buy them for gifts, because they are. Often when I’m at the bookstore, I flip open Gourmet magazine just to read her “Letter from the Editor.” Everything she writes is richly human and delicious. You don’t have to… Read More Thanks Again Ruth Reichl
I wrote the post below a long time ago. It was sitting (for obvious reasons) in my draft folder but I chose to publish it this morning. I wanted to post something that didn’t have to do with chronic pain. But what I wrote is painful. I hate it. I want to delete it, but… Read More To Delete or Not To Delete?
Recently we went to a party to celebrate a friend’s last birthday. He had been given a grim cancer prognosis, but it was his birthday and he was going to celebrate it. He knew, we all knew, it would be his last. “Bulldog” is a fiercely cool man that loves life. He has… Read More The Uninvited
I keep looking for the sliver lining in the latest card I’ve been dealt: the happy ending, the Big Lesson. After three weeks, I’m thinking that’s enough time for God to look down and say, “Okay, yeah– so here’s the good part.” Yesterday, I thought I might be on to it. After two weeks of… Read More No Lifetime in the Pool
“Do you think I’ll ever run again?” “I Hope so.” Hope is never want you want to hear from a doctor. I want to hear, “Yes, absolutely, of course, you bet.” Never being much of a glass-half-full kind-of-gal, I take “I hope so” to really mean “No, but I don’t want you to start crying… Read More The Diagnosis
“Mommy wake up, something is wrong with my loose tooth.” I squinted from a dead sleep to see her little mouth, opened wide, inches away from my face. Blinking for focus, I noticed her front tooth was twisted completely sideways, perpendicular to the rest of her teeth. My stomach lurched. It was hideous. I calmed… Read More Outsmarting the Tooth Fairy
I was so lazy over the holidays. I just read, ate, read and ate. I’m now relagated to sweat pants (and my blue fleece) because I am so fat. But the books, oh they were yummy. The weather outside only furthered my laziness. I hunkered down. Going to the bookstore or library was too ambitious.… Read More Books and Friends
If you read the post on my Christmas tree, you know that I’ve been struggling to find the magic with the skimpy tree we bought this year. Last night, I went to take another picture of the tree (to remind us of what NOT to buy next year) when my littlest one saw me with… Read More And So, The Tree Wins
In true form, I stand in danger of ruining Christmas – not just for me, but for my husband and possibly my kids. I am the biggest bah-humbug, the whiniest brat. I am wrecking the Christmas buzz. All because of the stupid Christmas tree. Last year we had the most obscene Christmas tree. It was… Read More Oh, Christmas Tree
If you read my post from yesterday, you know that I’ve worn the same blue fleece for the last five days. Then today I woke up to this… and this… It’s magical. My girls are elated. I dug out mittens and snowpants. I put on Vince Guaraldi. I built a fire in the fireplace. I… Read More The Magical Sixth Day
Small Town. Small Times. 