Today is the last day of school for my two kids. I remember feeling the same eager anticipation I've watched them experience all week. The countdown, the school parties and field days, the daydreams about the beach, the thrill of turning off the alarm clock for the next two months. Ah, sweet,...
I was having a terrific Saturday morning. Woke up to glorious sunshine. Enjoyed an al fresco breakfast consisting of a cup of tea, eggs, and fresh berries with my husband on our patio. Started my daughter on a weeding project while I threw in some laundry and worked on critiques for two other...
A good friend and I were recently discussing her college-aged daughter’s first experience with an on-and-off again relationship where the guy was also pressuring her about sex. Our conversation made me think about the advice I will give my own daughter once she is older and becomes more embroiled...
No, it’s not what you’re thinking. Today’s musings about love are not restricted to romantic/sexual love I write about in my books or discuss on this blog. Today I’m writing of my post-Mother’s Day thoughts. I admit to a bit of a love-hate relationship with what I’ve commonly called the “Hallmark...
As you might imagine, I work at home. I sit in front of my computer, often in my robe, and type…all day long. Once in while, a few days will pass when I’ve not spoken to anyone outside my immediate family. Sure, I email and text friends and fellow committee members and so on. I say hi to the...
Is it possible the polar vortex is finally leaving center stage? Today in Connecticut, the sun shone brightly and the thermostat reached sixty-two degrees. For everyone other than the die-hard skiers, the general sentiment in town seemed to be a resounding WAHOO! Personally, I’m ready to store...
Valentine’s Day has come and gone. Whether you love or hate the holiday, it certainly inspires equal amounts of excitement and dread across the country. Personally, I love the recent SNL spoof about drugstore gifts for your sweetie, but that’s another post. This year the big romantic...
“After another moment's silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust her for the very same reason” ~ Albert Camus Does this general sentiment sound familiar? My mother and I joke that often the very traits drawing you to your...
