Tucked away in a basement room that used to be a wine cellar in our house’s headier days, stands a proud Zenith TV. An ode to simpler times, when everyone gathered around the same screen and made their program choices from three standard channels, the wooden console acts as a warm memory conduit all on [...]
There are plenty of things we don't know about babies before they are born. We don't know the color of their eyes, or the size of the feet; the texture of their hair or what they like to eat. We don't know if they'll like scrambled eggs, country music, basketball, classic movies, or ballet. We [...]
He came home bear hugging a borrowed suitcase that had lost both handles and wheels, his pockets empty, phone missing, lap top crashed, shoes flapping, eyelids drooping and I thought, "This is exactly how a 21-year old kid should look following the greatest summer of his life." Utterly spent. He traveled through nine countries in [...]
While the family reunion's source perched perennially on paper at the top of an enormous family tree taped for the occasion to the living room wall, its soul sat regally in twin chairs across the hall.Two grandmothers, between them mothers to 17 children, held court Saturday night and from their amiable stories emerged the fascinating [...]
There is no delicacy so cherished in my family as walnut rolls. We carry sentiments toward the pastries passed on through both my mother’s and father’s families. Both of my grandpas' moms were masterful walnut roll makers. It’s a special occasion pastry at our house, so it was the perfect gift for my Dad on Father’s [...]