A familiar thought occurred to me as I sat in the stylist's chair and prepared for her big reveal. "This is going to be great fodder for the family text chain." It had to be, because I could tell from her extremely animated description that it was not going to be great hair for me, [...]
Sometimes a view catches my eye and I can’t believe how lucky I am to live in a world of such beauty, hilarity, sweetness and light. I hope the eight happy scenes I’m sharing today make you smile too. I happened upon all of them in the course of my ordinary days — heard a [...]
Dear basil from my neighbor’s garden, You have changed my life. Before I met you, I thought fresh basil was for pasta and pesto and other forms of deliciousness that leave bellies warm and breath just a pinch garlicky. But, you! Thrust into my hands by a green-thumbed magician and smelling like summer on the [...]
My iPhone sent me a message yesterday. When it’s feeling particularly melodramatic, my phone refers to itself in the first person. “Temperature,” it gasped. “iPhone needs to cool down before you use it.” I reacted with the same disdain I reserve for all heatwave complainers who whined all winter about the cold. “Oh please,” I [...]
If you want to know what it’s like to be raised by a high school tennis coach, just witness our most recent family get together. Like many of our little social gatherings, it involved a painstakingly debated draw with some trash talking pairings. Some teams showed up with a walk up song, others wore matching [...]