It’s Hammy Time

With apologies to MC Hammer. It’s been one of those weeks. As my friend aptly described it when I asked … 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

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

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

Walker Wrangling

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

Muthahs

In 2015 I wrote a Mother’s Day post about finally getting over a Mother’s Day thing that happened when the … More

Déjà Vu All Over Again

My mother who will be 89 in a few weeks has been slowly losing her cognitive abilities, not in a … More

Love My Girls

Today I offer gratitude for the weekend with my girls — we’ve been friends since before high school. We went … More

After You

About one year ago I wrote about an incident that happened at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). It was a … More

The Garden of Gardner

On a recent visit to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, I found myself drawn to the center courtyard, an enclosed … More