We had our Christmas picture professionally taken for the first time. Actually, it was the first time we have had professional photos as a family. Let’s say that we are more of a candid shot kind of crowd. We have taken our own Christmas picture in front of our tree, timer set, someone running, every year, but…
If I had a sister, she would be taller than me. And older. I’d be the curvy one. She’d be the long legs, straight up and down one. Her hair would be darker, longer and not as thick as mine. Her eyes would be rounder, bigger, with more green, actually her eyes would be green. She…
The faces of 9/11 look older now. The actual photographs, hair styles, clothing, are aging. America has moved on and it’s been so long since that horrific day that the people we lost are starting to look different. I remember the first time I went through the memorial of the victims, on the first anniversary, they…
I’m not always sure we are heading in the right direction. Plant based, gluten free, dairy free, fish oils, chia seeds, vitamins, juicing…the list goes on and on, and while I participate in much of it, some days I wonder why. My grandparents didn’t take vitamins, they smoked, drank with friends. My grandmother made things…
I am home from the beach. We went for a week to visit my mom and Gil. We go every year for the 4th of July. There were eight of us because each child brought a friend. First time with friends and it was different…good different. A new layer. I baked, we played charades, ate crabs…
There was a young woman at Whole Foods tonight in a wheelchair. She looked like she may have been recently released from the hospital. I instinctively recognized the telltale bandages, tape, and that weak, but happy to be out, look. She was smelling the natural soap slices with her brother, maybe her boyfriend. She was smiling and I stood…
It’s Mother’s Day again. I like the idea of a day that celebrates those of us that mother, but the cheezy commercialism of it is a bit much. Some years it flies by. I buy the card, send the gift. My own mother thinks the whole thing is silly, so there’s really no pressure. For…
This too shall pass. Not a fan of this phrase. Sure, it may pass, of course it will pass. The sun comes up and goes down and days go by and in due course, things pass. I get it. That doesn’t mean they pass well, or things are better after they pass, or that you…
I’m baking a cake today. Actually I baked the cake part last night and later today I’ll frost. This one’s a little different. Dark chocolate cake, vanilla buttercream frosting and then dark chocolate ganache poured over the top just until it cascades down the sides. It looks beautiful in the picture. Remains to be seen…