May 14, 2018 | Blog
“(Parents are) always bluffing, pretending we know best, when most of the time we’re just praying we won’t screw up too badly.” ― Jodi Picoult, House Rules I had planned to leave a a nice Sunday’s Thought about Mother’s Day, especially since...May 8, 2018 | Blog
Let’s begin with the confession that I don’t like rummage sales, and other people’s stuff in large quantities on big tables with everyone shuffling through it for a good deal. It gives me the hives. Stay with me, because this ends with a story to...May 6, 2018 | Blog
“There are random moments – tossing a salad, coming up the driveway to the house, ironing the seams flat on a quilt square, standing at the kitchen window and looking out at the delphiniums, hearing a burst of laughter from one of my children’s rooms...May 1, 2018 | Blog
It is May first. The weather feels more like March 15, with cold southerly gales and stubby brown grass and black branches, but there are signs of spring: hawks, bears, a cow moose moving in the woods, and rafts of ducks and scoters. There are boxes of nice stuff...Apr 29, 2018 | Blog
“Listen to no voice except your own. Ask yourself nothing about whom you hate. Ask only what you love, and what sustains you. And protect that.”- Seth Kantner Apr 26, 2018 | Blog
I was working on Lola Vogel’s obituary when I answered the phone. (Lola was 95 and passed peacefully of old age. The service is Saturday at 2 at the Presbyterian Church.) “Crystal?” “Nope. This is Heather. You must have the wrong...
