Category Archives: People
I broke it.
I broke it. I didn’t mean to do it, but I broke it. When I first saw it, on my grandmother’s marble-topped table, it was beautiful. A gilt cast-iron table lamp, very large and ornate, with a stained-glass shade about … Continue reading
Q&A: “Where do you get your ideas?”
My four blogs have varying levels of activity. My business website will soon contain articles on several techie subjects, as soon as I finish updating the material from my old site. I also contribute to threads on waaay too many email … Continue reading
Webster Arboretum
On November 25, the day after Thanksgiving, we were at loose ends. We aren’t “Black Friday” shoppers, and wanted to avoid the crowds, but didn’t feel like hanging out at home. Since we needed both cider and apples, and Schutt’s mill starts pressing their Russet apples the week of Thanksgiving, we decided to make a pilgrimage for the best cider on earth, stopping at the Webster Arboretum on the way. Continue reading
All I want for Christmas is…
Last week, my husband asked me what I want for Christmas. I told him I’d have to think about it. Oh, I have plenty of things I could put on a gift list: world peace, for example, and a visit to our friends in Colorado… Continue reading
Disappointing Gifts
I don’t think I was ever disappointed by a gift I received as a child. No, I didn’t always get exactly what I thought I wanted, but I always enjoyed the gifts I got: toys, clothes, books. Always books. Lots … Continue reading
The Chair
There are a few memories rattling around in my head from the time before I could talk: the sound of my mother’s voice reading to me, the smile on my grandmother’s face, the smell of my grandfather’s pipe, my panda. … Continue reading
Rearranging stuff
Last month, I annoyed my husband by shoving around all the furniture in several rooms of our house. Living room The piano went from the middle of the right half of our long living room to the end of the … Continue reading
A day late and a dollar short
Post for Jan. 12 Sorry I didn’t get this published on schedule yesterday. Life intervened. My husband, recovering from rotator cuff surgery, has gotten the OK to start driving again, “as long as it doesn’t hurt.” In practice, that means … Continue reading
Drawn to Read
Ward Sutton, whose cartoons and illustrations I first encountered in the pages of The New Yorker, writes a monthly column for the Barnes & Noble Review. His December column was a series of postcards highlighting the most notable books of 2010 … Continue reading
Lost Day
Doncha just HATE IT when interruptions ruin your day? I had it all planned out: Shower and dress Eat a healthy breakfast Drive Andy to work Spend half an hour checking out a simple display glitch on a friend’s computer … Continue reading