California Travels
This is my first travel post since Italy. As with that trip, the itinerary for this trip was planned by others (my favorite way to travel). Matt planned Davis, Sue planned Napa, and Heather...
Category: Family
The 40 Year Co-op
Way back in 1980, a young student from Northeastern University joined The MITRE Corporation as part of Northeastern’s cooperative education program. His father, who also worked at MITRE as a group leader on programs...
A Tale of Three Toilets
This is one of those blog posts that will most likely make you laugh. You will laugh because you are thrilled these are problems that I am experiencing, and not you. The problems I...
The Two Dollar Crowd
We are a sprawling family. There are over 40 of us, and, over the years, we have seen each other on a fairly regular basis. When my cousins were little, there were the holiday...
Flooring – Part 1
I’m reading a book on writing essays called Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction where the authors say the essay writer “can have the most mundane of experiences and make something that surpasses them....
Family Time in May
Readers of this blog may have noticed I like my family. Not just my immediate family, but my extended family. During the month of May, I will have had four weekends of family time...
Letters to Caleb
February 25, 2021 Dear Caleb, I haven’t met you yet, but, as the saying goes, I love you to the moon and back. That’s because I know your Mom, and I happen to also...
While I Wait
Those of you who know me know I am an organizer and a planner. I have lists for everything. But how do you plan for an event that has an uncertain date in uncertain...
A Summer Like No Other
I guess we can all say that about our summers this year. Here’s a summary of mine. March For me, summer started a little earlier than usual. March 21st to be exact. Alone at...
The Iron in her Closet
Readers of this blog know that, from time to time, I cover significant events in my life, as well as many insignificant ones, in these posts. One of those events occurred recently. The death...