My friend Jeff Driskell, a social work professor at Salem State University, recently gave a great TEDx talk called My Unique … More
Category: Looking back
Every Once in a While You Learn Something New
I was walking from work to the train the other day, and now that I think of it, the spot … More
Random Roundup
Occasionally I’ll see weird random things that by themselves don’t make a blog post, but then they accumulate, and I … More
Grudge Worthy
I recently became aware that I’m holding grudges. I mean more than the appropriate small handful that we should all … More
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
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
She’s Baaaaaack
I have written several posts about perimenopause, and for an all too seeming brief amount of time, the symptoms seemed to … More
The Rescue
I have a space between the stove and the wall, just wide enough for things to fall from my counter … More
Happy Pride, for Reals
What a difference a couple of years makes! Context truly is everything. Just a few short years ago, my friends … More