Playing House
Friends! How about that eclipse?! Did you watch it, in person or on the TV? I did both. It was only a partial one here and it was overcast, but — hey — the sun’s so bright I could see… Continue Reading
Homebodies
The Maine Thing
I just got back from a week in Maine with my kids. I’d not clapped eyes on them in person for eighteen months, due to various scheduling issues, which was way too long, not doing that again. I wanted to… Continue Reading
A Nose for Every Flower
Everything seems to have burst into bloom here recently. I got to thinking about it – flower season is more condensed here, 6 – 8 weeks later in arriving than it was in D.C., so maybe that’s why it feels… Continue Reading
Remember These?
This is way off topic, although I’m amused that Tom did something similar last week (I’d already written the first draft of my post – great minds thinking alike, obviously.) It was prompted by a random thought one recent evening:… Continue Reading
Glug Glug
Sorry kids- no post for this week. The weekend kind of disappeared into preparing for the big storm, which did arrive big. Thank goodness it was not as big as it was in other parts of the city (or the… Continue Reading
Auld and New: Guerlain Spiriteuse Double Vanille
This week both Cinnamon and March have talked about the holidays, the weather and what we do around now- the holiday traditions. I’ve talked about some of this before, and since we have had a slew of (very much needed)… Continue Reading
The Nose Knows
Well, it’s happened again. Whatever bug that’s been going around I got. Not Covid (I tested twice) and not terrible: just coughing and runny nose and an inability to smell anything that isn’t, shall we say, a bit definite in… Continue Reading