I haven't been bored in more than a decade and I think that's a real shame. Have you? Good, old-fashioned, listening-to-the-clock-tic-toc-and-wondering-if-the-hands-are-moving-at-all boredom leads to all kinds of wonderful things like innovation, introspection, art, music, poetry and, occasionally, a ridiculously clean and well-organized bedroom. I'd like to be so bored one day that I pull out [...]
Our daughter Molly has always navigated the unpredictable waves of life with the steadiest of strokes. So, even she was surprised by her recent reaction to what some might view as a minor household mishap. She broke a mirror in her college apartment and immediately panicked. I believe, as she reached for a broom to [...]
Yesterday, I celebrated life with another slice of birthday cake and, if you'll indulge an old woman, I'd like to share a couple of observations I made at the close of my 53rd year. Full plates should be savored. There is a tendency to gobble when our plate is full, to rush the chewing so [...]
Midway through a particularly rebellious week for our household appliances, I am dunking a fresh blueberry scone into a hard-gotten mug of hot tea and thinking idly about the capricious nature of fate. Our wily vacuum cleaner suctioned up an unmentionable and earned itself a trip to the Appleton Vacuum Spa, a holistic retreat for [...]
I have a Jiminy Cricket judgment coach who sits on my shoulder and wags his finger at me with annoying consistency. “Lucky for you,” he says (I’d like to say smugly, but I’d definitely get a reprimand for that). “Lucky for you, you don’t have to have an opinion on that.” Most times, I agree. [...]