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Back to School
My social media feeds this week have been full of back-to-school pictures. Nieces, nephews, and friends’ kids are all smiling on their front porches, backpacks strapped on,...
Taking Time to Play
With three kittens in my house, I have been reminded lately of the importance of play. (Yeah, those foster kittens I wrote about a couple months ago...
Across the Miles
This week I received a letter from an old friend. This is not really an unusual occurrence: Alison and I have been trading letters since we first...
Lessons from Old Friends
I recently had the opportunity to visit with an old high school friend. We hadn’t seen each other in perhaps 18 years, which is far too long...
Behind the Scenes
When I learned how to cross-stitch many years ago, I was told that the back side of a canvas should look almost as beautiful as the front...
Taking Care
Last weekend my husband and I took in four foster kittens at our house. It has been almost six months now since our old, beloved cats both...
When Nothing Is Something
It is always fun to sit with someone who is being introduced to something for the first time. My beloved Boston Red Sox were in Oakland for...
The Hard Work of Hatching
This week I got to see a baby bird hatching out of an egg for the first time, thanks to a video a friend posted on Instagram....
Running Together
I am not a runner and never have been. I can’t profess to know anything about the sport or the practice of running. But, the Boston Marathon...
Finding Beauty in Data
Over the past several weeks, I have been spending a lot of time working on the less glamorous aspects of Braid. Braid has grown enough that we...