Thursday, May 4, 2023 A Loaf of Bread It came and went on the spring equinox and I missed it, but I’ll save it for next year: National French Bread Day, celebrated on the 21st of March. Who knew? (Evidently a lot of people, enough to warrant many sites on…
Monday, February 20, 2023 To Tease Your Mind There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the night is…
A Personal History of Knitting I’ve resumed regular knitting lately. My mother taught me to knit when I was four years old. My first project was a necktie for my father. My father was an electrical engineer by trade. Every day he dressed in a suit and tie and…
December 1, 2022 Social Media Frustration Two weeks ago, I closed a certain social media account because of the platform’s inability to articulate their problem with my posts. They say they encourage businesses to learn from each other and collaborate. (Sounds good!) They say they do not allow hard-sell, spammy,…
October 23, 2022 You’re Never Too Old Recent activities this summer and fall have been senior writing workshops organized by The Room to Write (TRtW). This local non-profit organization’s mission is: To connect and support writers of all ages, abilities and means, by providing the physical space and structured support…
Sunday, September 4, 2022 Yep. I’m late. Where has the summer gone? My business is building, slowly but surely, and that’s exciting, but I can’t explain why I’m so overdue with this newsletter. But I’m still kicking! Cheers! A Literary Loss: David McCullough (1933-2022) A month ago we lost…
Monday, June 27, 2022 Gifts & Friendships As many do today, my husband and I are trying to downsize. Who needs all that stuff, anyway? I’m having difficulty trying to understand why people are so set on giving me stuff. I assume that they want to acknowledge their regard for…
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 Memorial Day Musings For sixteen years, I have participated in the Memorial Day ceremonies in the town of Millis, a small town in south-central Massachusetts. In 2006, Mark Slayton, a fellow Civil War reenactor and member of Millis’s American Legion Post 208, asked the small corps…
Only As Smart As Your Sources? Last year, a local all-news radio station introduced a new slogan that puzzled me. “You’re only as smart as your sources.” The message is obvious: “We are your best news source, so tune in to us.” But day after day, the slogan kept poking…
Be Who You Are To Oscar Wilde this quotation is usually attributed: “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” This is amusing, but it really resonates, doesn’t it? Our culture has, does, and always will try to control who and what we are. It sets standards, and if we adhere…
