The Short Version: What my version would have been: Your dad cut his hand last week, while working the yard. It became infected, and he’s been to the doctor twice. If it’s not better tomorrow, he may be admitted to… Read More ›
Family
Being Saved, yet Drowning in Guilt
Recently a 43 year old man died after being paralyzed while saving the life of a 4 year old child who was drowning. The man, Michael Patterson, is rightly being claimed as a hero. But people often do not think… Read More ›
Live Free or Possibly Die, 4th of July!
My neighbor on Lake Franklin Pierce in Antrim NH likes to put on a backyard fireworks show for the entire lake. We aren’t talking sparklers. This is New Hampshire where terrorists are known to shop for bomb parts, and you… Read More ›
Secret of a happy marriage? Marry someone with a mom that is as bad a cook as you are.
My husband grew up around horses. He spent many years showing horses, and those of you that love and own horses know they are a labor of love, but labor none the less. He and his family spent much of… Read More ›
Father’s Day birthday-Why dads matter.
When I was pregnant with my second daughter, Aynsley, my best friend Mary was also pregnant with her daughter Kirsten. Kirsten was born on Mother’s Day. Mary called me with the happy news, but joked “I’ll be spending every Mother’s… Read More ›
Keeping Kids Curious
Last week I wrote this post about a conversation I overhead in the grocery store, where a knowledge-hungry girl was ignored by her preoccupied father. My oldest son Richard visited that weekend, and I told him the story and showed… Read More ›
Pho heaven
The best places to eat sometimes are in strip malls. When visiting my family with my daughter Aynsley, she convinced us to go to “the best Pho place ever!” She had read about it online. My mom and I were… Read More ›
The joy of the lost art of wearing hats
I am invited to two weddings within the next few months. I adore attending weddings. I’m not so sure about being in weddings since the great “Bride Meltdown of 1992” where I almost lost an eye and my first born…. Read More ›
A Chesapeake Bay long gone, but fondly remembered.
I was lucky enough to grow up spending large quantities of time on the Chesapeake Bay. Sadly, pollution, and a growing Washington DC population that loves to buy vacation places on the shores of the bay, have perhaps changed forever… Read More ›
East Coast Cowboys
Family photographs reveal generations of wannabe cowboys in my family. I have to admit my little brother Mark was an exception, as for many years this blue eyed blond wished to be a Native American. My grandmother assured him we… Read More ›
Two Different Girls 