We celebrated the first summer Saturday with a quick jaunt to the beach. The kids clambered over the same rocks they’ve been scaling since they were babies (and the same rocks I also climbed as a baby) while I stared out at the waves and contemplated how the beach has eroded. The waves at this …
In exactly one week, my youngest daughter will graduate from high school. Just like that, our years of compulsory education will be behind us, and I’ll be the mother of three college students. I’ll be the one starting a new fashion trend in celebration of paying three college tuitions:
Spring has sprung, and I am realizing my gardening goals one day at a time. Last year, I bought new raised beds and then just stared at the boxed parts leaning against the wall of my garage and… nothing. I did nothing. The effort required to make a garden area seemed insurmountable, and we would …
I don’t even remember when I last wrote something, but I think it was probably in the middle of Fire Season, which is a thing now. Several catastrophic wildfires, choking, smoky air and spiking anxiety over possible evacuations in a pandemic mostly amounted to a bunch of sleepless nights and jittery days, nails bitten to …
My desk is a cluttered mess right now, full of paper scraps with scribbled notes, several pairs of earbuds, a stack of stationary and letters to answer, and about five different yarn projects in various states of doneness. Oh, and somewhere under all that is a book on decluttering. I know. Last night was a …