Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
We experienced a festival of kindness this weekend as we gathered to celebrate our daughter Katherine’s marriage to Ed Rhee. When our crotchety old lawn mower broke down a few days before we hosted the wedding on our property Up North, our friends Nicolle and Ron loaded up theirs and delivered it right to us. [...]
When your favorite things involve squishy mud and ripe smells and bugs, it can be a tricky thing to introduce them to the next generation. Fortunately, our granddaughter loves them too. Whew! She trumped through the woods like a champ, listened intently when her Aunt Molly gave her a mycology lesson, sunk her purple-painted toes [...]
Everything I love about June — the fresh breezes, the long walks, the ice cream, the painted toe nails, the burgers, the sunshine, the joy — is even better when Margo comes to town. Grandchildren make this old world sparkle. Ours arrived yesterday, fresh off the blessed gift of an Allegiant Air direct flight from [...]
Earlier this week, my granddaughter Margo enjoyed the kind of very special Bluey episode that makes you feel good about this old world and the characters in it. The "Buy Nothing" group in her parent's neighborhood had organized a curbside giveaway event. So, Margo and her parents, Charlie and Tara, took a little afternoon stroll [...]
Twenty years after I procrastinated ordering my Christmas card and thus became the world's most ardent Groundhog Day fan, I got to see a live ceremony. It's hard to say who was more excited about the whole deal, me or Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo. With his thick New Jersey accent, Joe D. introduced Lady [...]