Boomer with the girls

It all started when I was a kid and was told, “NO, you can’t have a cat or dog because you’re allergic and having an animal would mean more asthma attacks…”
Anyone who really knows me should KNOW better than to tell me, “NO, you can’t (fill in the blank),” especially when it [...]

A number of my writer friends share my urge at this time of year to get ready to go back to school.  The minute the air begins to smell differently, the sunlight slant changes, the nights fall earlier and with a hint of chill, and we’re itching to go buy stacks of clean notebooks, fresh pens [...]

I love summer.
I don’t mind snow (although I’d like it better if it fell everywhere except on the roads and my driveway), and the rebirth of springtime is inspiring, and autumn in New England blends crisp air and tart apples and leaves screaming with psychedelic color. In summertime the air turns sticky and sludgy, and [...]

Recharged, if not refreshed, I’m back from nearly three weeks in Italy with my husband, traveling to Rome, Sicily and numerous cities in Emilia Romagna, eating pasta at least once a day (be still my heart) and gelato just about as often.  We also walked our tushies off — mostly uphill, it seemed — especially [...]