“If you want plenty of experience in dealing with difficult people, then have kids.” Bo Bennett, contemporary American author Have you ever felt guilty tossing a poinsettia into the trash after Christmas? I am one of those who has to walk quickly away from the bin or the brush pile lest I hear cries of… Continue reading The little cactus that could
Category: family life
Emergency chocolate
"A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house." Moltiere, 1600s French playwright "It's my emergency chocolate," I explained as my husband watched me wrap up a tiny square of 85 percent cacao and tuck it into an equally tiny pocket of my purse. "Oh," he said with a… Continue reading Emergency chocolate
Coming apart at the seams
"Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon." St. Francis of Assisi The first time I saw an article of clothing rise from the dead, I was a college student. It was a biking sweater owned by my roommate's European boyfriend. "I know you can fix it," he pleaded in… Continue reading Coming apart at the seams
Nevermindfulness
“What day is it?" It's today," squeaked Piglet. My favorite day," said Pooh.” A.A. Milne Nevermindfulness Some thoughts on a fine spring weekend.... It was 60 when the sun came up, pale yellow and so tempting. My to-do's have now gotten slashed. Today, I must be living. The porch swing's begging "set me free" from… Continue reading Nevermindfulness
The way we were
“Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” Marcel Proust, French novelist We once had a neighbor whose father served as a doctor in the Civil War. Yes, the Civil War. She was in her 90's when we met. Her father remarried after his first wife's death, had a daughter… Continue reading The way we were
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