Family Recipes
Back in 2008, my aunt and my cousin (both through marriage – none of us would have bothered to pull off something like the following) compiled and published a cookbook of family recipes. I’ve been glancing...
Category: Family
Everyone in the Shower for a Picture
Columbus Day weekend was once again spent at the Lake. I’ll get the one bad part over with first. Yes, the dock is in a spot (but perhaps not the best spot) out of...
Birthday Wishes
I know. My second post today. What is the world coming to? But I wanted to wish my grandparents a happy birthday – his yesterday, hers today. And I also just wanted the chance...
The Vermont Contingent
Meet Gail and John. Gail is a sister I met back in 1997 shortly after she turned 40. I remember my mother coming over to my house and asking me back then, “Guess...
The Spice of Life
Weddings one and two are over. So are vacations one and two. Home repairs have been made, and garage doors have been painted. Now for a little bit of the other stuff that has...
The Perfect Family
A bunch of us stuck around the Lake the week after the wedding for a family vacation. And by “bunch”, I mean we were too many to count. The bunch included a food-seeking missile of...
Hitched in a Barn
They were going for casual. They wanted it to be a simple party. But what my brother and newest sister-in-law pulled off was a very elegant wedding, whether they like it or not. She bought...
Let’s Dance
Things have been a tad bit busy around these parts. Lake. Cape. Weddings. Life. Etcetera. There is a backlog of things I would like to write about on this blog. I’ll get there, eventually. This...
Independence Day
As usual, we spent the 4th up at the Lake. Not with the crowd of old, but with a smaller group of new. Nicole’s boyfriend Connor was there along with Heather’s friend Lexi. Not...
The “Should”s
When we are kids and in our twenties, we hear the “should”s from our parents. When we are in our thirties and forties, we say the “should”s to our kids. When we are in our...