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Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog
Ah cooking! A science not unlike alchemy. One takes the ingredients, blends them together and hopes for a dish that the family will like. Moms feeding children have an easier time than I do. They can set rules: “No veggies; … Continue reading
Posted in childhood memories, cooking, everyday life, Family, housework, life, Life in Connecticut, shopping, Uncategorized
Tagged cooking, family, produce, small farms
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The Honeymoon Seat
This week my husband and I celebrated our thirty-fifth wedding anniversary by taking a trip to Acadia National Park in Maine. Until we began planning our trip, we didn’t know that one of the unique features of Acadia was its … Continue reading
Posted in adventures, Aging, everyday life, Family, lessons in life, marriage, New England, photography, poetry, relationships, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged anniversary, carriage horses, husband, marriage, paths, relationships, roads, travel
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Home Alone
If I could remake the 1990 film, Home Alone, the mom would be the one left behind. Ah, the joy. She would rush out of the bathroom and see her family leaving for the airport in a cab, the mounds … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, boomerang children, community, everyday life, Family, lessons in life, life, marriage, not so empty nests, relationships, transitions
Tagged adult children at home, aging parents, grandchildren, home alone, in the middle, not so empty nests, taking care of parents, the middle: between adult children and aging parents, Trace Adkins, transitions
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True Confessions of a Nonshopper
My life is a series of shopping lists. As soon as I think I am done, someone hands me a new list. I used to shop on my way home from work once (sometimes twice) a week. I also had … Continue reading
Posted in cooking, everyday life, Family, life, mothers and daughters, relationships, shopping, transitions, Uncategorized
Tagged cooking, family life, mothers and daughters, not so empty nests, shopping
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The Butterfly Effect
Photographing butterflies is difficult. Somedays I just can’t get the shutter speed right. The result is Victorian Fairy photographs—spots of light like Tinkerbell dancing in a meadow. Butterflies, in the woods, in meadows, in gardens, represent beauty and delight. We … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, changes, community, everyday life, Family, friends, lessons in life, life, nature, photography, poetry, relationships, transitions, Uncategorized, wildlife
Tagged aging, backyards, butterflies, life, nature, relationships, transitions, wildlife
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No Toads Were Harmed in the Writing of This Blog
I am the mother of girls, girls who like nature and the outdoors. One daughter is a scientist. One daughter works in outdoor education. All three can be described as self-sufficient and not squeamish about the Great Outdoors. From the … Continue reading
Posted in backyards, boys vs girls, everyday life, Family, life, Life in Connecticut, mothers and daughters, nature, New England, relationships, Uncategorized, wildlife
Tagged boys, family relationships, toads, visitors
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A Stranger in a Strange Land
Sometimes I think I have moved to a foreign country, one where everyone speaks English but I don’t recognize the words. The rules are similar; the customs are familiar, but I’m missing some crucial piece of information that everyone else … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, changes, childhood memories, community, everyday life, Family, life, Life in Connecticut, moving, New England, transitions
Tagged beaches, Connecticut, moving, small towns, SoCal, transitions
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Life with Dogs
This is my grandson’s chair: This is the dog that sat in the chair and smashed it: An almost 70 pound German Shorthair Pointer. Why? Perhaps because he was mad at me for locking them all in the sunroom when … Continue reading
Posted in changes, dogs, everyday life, Family, lessons in life, moving, nature, relationships, transitions
Tagged dogs, family, life lessons, moving, relationships, stress
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“Where did your mom go?”
Yesterday afternoon, when my daughter came home from running some errands, she said to me: “By the way, your mom asked me where you were earlier.” She paused because she knew where I had been as she saw me (and … Continue reading
Posted in boomerang children, changes, dogs, everyday life, Family, housework, mothers and daughters, relationships
Tagged alone time, housework, life, mothers. daughters
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Stone Walls
Lines from Robert Frost’s poem, “Mending Wall” run through my mind as my dogs patrol the one stone wall in my yard. The speaker ruminates: “’Something there is that doesn’t love a wall/That wants it down.’ I could say ‘Elves’ … Continue reading
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Tagged dogs, everyday life in New England, family, mothers and daughters, poetry, relationships, Robert Frost, walls
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