A Tomato By Any Other Name

Every year I write about my little deck garden and my travails with tomatoes. This year was an amazing year … More

Trash Island: Reason 318 Why I Love Boston

Going to new places doesn’t get me nearly excited as redisovering places right where I live. I guess in that … More

The Garden Giveth and Taketh Away

You may recall I planted a little container garden this summer, despite the fact that I lose most of it … More

Landman Coming In

My grandparents had a little cottage they built themselves on a lake on the Massachusetts/Connecticut border where I spent many … More

Sit Down, Shut Up, and Listen

I can’t take credit for this title. My wordsmithy friend Becky came up with it after our book group read … More

Take Me to the River

I just finished a two-week vacation. Lucky, right? Except I had forgotten I hadn’t seen Blanche in a while (Blanche … More

Under Construction

I changed the look of my blog, but since I’m not really sure what I’m doing, it’s still a bit … More

This Is What I’m Sayin’

I have been trying to learn more about race and institutional racism. It’s slow work, mostly because I am more … More

Stick a Cork in It

Or as we say in Boston, stick a cawk in it. I have another perimenopause story for you; I keep … More

Walker Wrangling

Kids teach you things and make you say things you would never have otherwise, like the time I said to … More