Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
A bustling coffee house near my brand new granddaughter’s apartment bears my name. It’s called Lalaland and it serves some decadent drinks. Naturally, I popped in. On a busy Saturday morning where the wait time for a takeout iced latte hovered around 45 minutes, no one was particularly interested in my LaLa origin story. I [...]
Our newest granddaughter pumped her fists in the air as she made her remarkable debut in this world. She has her father’s contemplative eyes, her mother’s long limbs, and her grandma’s name. “I’m going to have to step up my game,” I told my husband as we chatted about my namesake, our family’s newest precious [...]
I’ve spent the last 12 days largely in the company of a three-month old sensei. I mean that in the literal sense. When children ask us where babies come from, we often answer with as much biological precision as we can muster. Sometimes I think we’d be better served if that conversation went the other [...]
Mother Earth is a poem. Her tides set the tempo, a perfect iambic heartbeat — ta-DUM ta-DUM ta-DUM ta-DUM ta-DUM. Her waters yield magic as they rush forth and recede — starfish, seashells, spawning sturgeon on a flooded lawn. Her sky finds the tone — muted morning pastels, cheerful lemon sunshine, an angry strike of [...]
I celebrated my birthday on an intermitently rainy Sunday afternoon in New Jersey. One granddaughter eagerly helped me blow out my candles, the other recoiled in horror at the flames those candles generated. Together they represent the yin and yang of birthdays on the far side of the hill. Birthdays here can be sweet celebrations [...]
