Summer closed a few days ago. Last week the weather required that we switch the thermostats to Heat for the first time since Spring. My dad and stepmom were in town along with my brother and his lovely lady. It was a nice taste of fall for them on Ember’s birthday week. This week we’re…
Sea Life
Four days until Summer and the coast seems to have changed its mind. Maybe a few more afternoons in spring, it says. Perhaps one more cycle through the wash for the long sleeves. Today we are mostly indoors. Me tending to ends that have come loose – the 2020 Census that has been tapping its…
Quiet COVID Days
Masks have become commonplace. We are all finding our way, finding the space to be distant yet together. I miss my parents desperately. Neither of them live closer than a plane ride and in moving far away, we always planned to make visits a regular thing, at least once per turn of a season. Every…
Irrational Chapters on Molars
These teeth of yours may kill us all. Your dad and I wring our hands and hearts trying to help. It breaks us to see you hurting so. No one talks about teeth and how terrible they are. Maybe because it’s against the furthering of the species. Ha. Or maybe yours are extra mean. I…
June Green
We have lived in our first spring here on this north Atlantic island. Proper summer opens for business on June 20 this year, a square 10 days from now. COVID closed our beaches but now they are open for strolling. The light of new June through the leaves is a glowing lime green. We live…
In Catching Up – A Year of Renovations
As humans we are given to optimism. It’s necessary for joy and for motion. When faced with things such as big, dreamy houses covered in rotted – but So Charming and New England! Coastal! Weathered! – cedar shake shingles and padded in musty carpet, dated colors, smelling of old and new dampness, we find ourselves…
Spring for the Long Dormant
Well hello. I type this in six word sections between standing up and dancing, developing Ember’s coordination and challenging mine with quickening repetitions of Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (knees and toe-oh-ohs). A long time ago, eight years ago, I started a blog. Through networking and advertising, I built a large following. I was proud…