No Texture
Driving home from school the other day my daughter described life these days as having, "no texture" and I've never heard a better description of January. Hello! Happy Friday. Another week has flown by. Flown by like a flock of geese, making a racket, pointed...
Gingerade
I wanted to share this recipe with you when my friend Joan sent it to me back in September. It's definitely a summer drink, but I'm thinking lemon and ginger are exactly what I need in the Pennsylvania winter. It can be served hot. I just love this photo. I picture...
Observations this week
This week, as I drove through town, I passed a church that said, "Only Jesus Saves." Then, right next door, a bank, with no sign. "Really?" I thought. What a missed opportunity. Last Friday, the husband and I went out to dinner at the PA House. It's an amazing little...
Hey What’s New
Hey what’s up? Okay, here we are. It's a new year. But I’m not going to talk about newness, just what I've been up to. This past week: This past Friday I went to visit my family in DC. (Actually, we got down there Thursday and saw my cousins, spending time in...
Books Reviews — July-December 2024
The Lost Daughterby Elena Ferrante Recommended by a friend, I wanted to like this story. It's hard to say why I didn't. Perhaps it was too real. And showed the uglier side of human nature. Throughout the telling of one woman's holiday at the beach, conflict develops...
Books Reviews — January-June 2024
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan I should have liked this book, very Gen Z, music industry based, but had such a hard time keeping track of the characters and who was speaking in each chapter. And I guess I had a hard time really empathizing with the...
Paddleboarding
The first time I went paddleboarding was in Stone Harbor NJ. We called a place called SUP Guy and he met us on the bay side with four boards and gave us a quick lesson. It was so much harder to stand up than I thought it would be! Eventually I got the hang of it. Soon...
Where do you find inspiration?
Lately I find myself longing ...for the good old days where there were fashion and lifestyle blogs everywhere, and I could pore through them, feeling connected, inspired, motivated. At some point they seem to have gone out of style and their content switched over to...