Late late summer in Southern Vermont. Gold sun on goldenrod, ten-foot jungle of green corn swaying behind the last beds of basil and tomatoes. We’re thriving on fresh peaches, apples and plums. Perhaps that’s why A. came to find me and confess her first potty experience with diarrhea. After extensive clean-up in the [...]
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Reading List, again
August 13th, 2009 No Comments
Here are the books I am hoping/planning to finish/start in the next week/month: The Believers, by Zoe Heller (novel due back at the library in 2 days). “She was still in some shock regarding the servility of motherhood– the sheer, thankless drudgery of it. All the cleaning up of messes she had not made [...]
Oh What A Night
August 9th, 2009 1 Comment
Five years ago, a lifetime ago… My own winter wedding, held in a candlelit post-and-beam barn in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, still shines as the most joyful fun I’ve had on any given day. Giddy on love, family, friendship, food and champagne, I danced my head off till 1 am. It was hands-down the best party [...]
Sugar Kitty
July 13th, 2009 3 Comments
It’s 6 pm on a Tuesday night and my daughter darts up to me like a hummingbird high on nectar. She’s hit the dessert table at the preschool potluck and scarfed down an enormous double-chocolate frosted cupcake. Eyes preternaturally bright, grinning ear to ear, she zooms past and screams in delight, “SUGAR KITTY!” This [...]
Cabin Fever
February 28th, 2009 3 Comments
I used to be a winter person. One of those cheerful types who rejoiced at every blizzard, relished the extreme cold, and jumped at the chance to shovel the roof. When others lamented the harsh weather, I inwardly rolled my eyes– why didn’t they move to Florida and stop complaining? I cross-country skied, snow-shoed, telemarked, [...]