We live in an interesting neighborhood. We’re within the beltway of Boston, but our neighborhood sort of has its own personality. (Both the “Sons of Italy in America” and “Ancient order of Hibernians” are within walking distance of our place). Many of the houses are very old, built by families in the late 1800s. Because [...]
January 14, 2008 – 2:45 pm
A warm week had melted all but the largest, filthy, plowed-up piles of snow, but today we awoke to this. The kids are still in their pajamas. I’m catching up on my enormous to do list, focusing on the items that can be accomplished with a sweet little strawberry on my lap. Thankfully there are [...]
January 1, 2008 – 9:45 am
Welcome to 2008! I don’t like making New Year’s resolutions (daily effort works better for me than sudden changes). And really, outside of business transactions (new Masspike tolls, fare hikes and such), not much is different about a new year. Those who know my obsession with writing won’t be surprised that my main interest in [...]
November 8, 2007 – 12:50 am
Our friends Jacob and Laura visited this week with their adorable one-year-old, Alana. We did a lot of sightseeing, and of course shared that wonderful parental experience of trying to convince our babies that what felt to them like 7:30am had now become 6:30am, a completely unacceptable time for them to wake us up. It [...]
