May is my planting time, and with a little effort and a lot of bug bites, the garden is in. Now’s the fun part, watering, watching and waiting for the buds to flower and the tomatoes to grow. Speaking of crops, there are some great reading selections for the month so enjoy….. Fiction: The Princess of Las Vegas by Chris Bohjalian Chrissy Dowling is a ...
When something gets too hyped, a book, a movie, an experience, I always worry I’ll be disappointed in the end. Can anything possibly live up to so much praise? So, when I asked my family to set aside the eclipse weekend, take off a day of work and spend it in “totality” with me in upstate New York, my goal was that they would be wowed. At least a ...
In like a lion and out like a lamb. That’s always been the saying about the month of March. And while I’m dredging up quaint sayings, how about a riddle? What’s the only day of the year that is also a command? Cue the drumroll….“March Fourth.” Enough with the cheesy one-liners, let’s turn our attention to some great reads for March, and its one ...
My least favorite month on the calendar is January. There isn’t much to get excited about on the east coast at this time of year unless your favorite color is gray. January always feels like the hard stop of a slammed door after all the holiday festivity, lights and blazing energy of December. My January energy feels focused on dismantling all that, ...
The shopping is almost done, the tree is up and three out of four kids will be with us this holiday, plus the bonus round…a new son-in-law! This season can feel so varied for each of us, depending on where we happen to be in life. The holidays act like a magnifying glass for the range of emotions we are experiencing; love, loss, joy, isolation, fear, ...