Monday, September 8, 2008
Remodeling Blues
I came home on Sept. 1st to a bewildering amount of clutter in my usually tidy home. Why? Kitchen remodeling. Need I say more? This project extended out to my entry foyer and into two small bathrooms, and included an interior paint job that climbed upstairs to our bedrooms and down to our basement....
Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Taking Stories to Bed
The life of a magazine writer is a patchwork of mundane and thrilling, solitary and sociable. It requires Rube Goldberg ingenuity to schedule interviews and meticulous travel planning that you hope, as a believer in spontaneity, will go awry. It involves demystifying the mysterious and transforming...
Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Gypsy Girl
I wrote this a few years ago and finally dug it out from my files; shows where my head was at the time... GYPSY GIRL Amber was looking for the Town of Sagittarius. It was someplace out West she figured - probably in California, since California was the one State that would conceivably establish a...
Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Oregon Trip, Con't
We have seen dozens of sea lions battling it out in a Pacific Ocean grotto during a freak "winter storm" at Sea Lion Caves. We've hugged redwoods in Northern CA and rode waves (YEEEHA!!!!!!) on the awesome Rogue River. My kids climbed the signature rock formation at Smith Rocks State Park - "Monkey...
Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Ore (not yet) gon
First of all, I've been taken to task when calling this beautiful state "Oregone" instead of the proper "Origen" - but however it's pronounced, it is a gorgeous state. Our coastal visit was wiped out by a "freak winter storm" with cold, wet winds coming from the direction usually found in winter. So...
Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Oregon Bound - Any Advice?
On Sunday, our family is heading to Oregon for two weeks. I planned what I think is a pretty decent trip. With two teenage boys - 16 and 18 - and a teenage minded husband, I had to keep us from too many museums (more than one - and even that is pushing it), choosing instead to hike on the coast,...
Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Forever 19
My husband, Jeff approaches Monopoly, checkers - any board game - the way he approaches life. He lurches forward with a full-frontal attack that leaves his rivals squirming in the dust. Jeff tries to be like that on the tennis court, golf course, mountain bike trail - any place he can show up his...
Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
What Do Your Teens Do at 2AM?
A few nights ago, before heading off to camp, my son invited a friend to spend the night. At 6am the following morning, when my husband arose to start his day, Jacob came into our room to say his goodbyes. I asked if he'd slept at all. He gave me that sideways glance/rolling eye thing that 16 year...
Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 4, 2008
My Muse in South Boston
Yesterday afternoon, I thought I'd been banished to Siberia. The woman at the Westin Boston Harborfront reception desk took a look at her computer, bit her lip and handed me my room key. "All the King Rooms are full, but we do have this Harborview Double", she said, which sparked my interest,...
Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Momma Mia, Did I Have Fun
Well, scoop out my brain cells and put them in a jar. I just saw Mama Mia and actually had a good time, though I wasn't quite sure whether I was laughing WITH Pierce Brosnan or AT him. Regardless, there's nothing wrong with an Academy Award Winning dramatic actress - one of the best of our time, I...
Sign in to see full entry.
