Besides my family and a good glass (okay, bottle…the big one) of red wine, these are the things I love most: food, music, traveling, bicycling, writing, interrogating (in a good way) people, finding great deals, helping people, and sleeping. When I was in my very early 20s, newly motherless, I toured Ireland on a bicycle,… Continue reading BAMF’D

I often focus on the big things in my children’s lives - future careers, health issues, long term effects of short term decisions - as well as in my own life and the lives of those whom I love and feel I have some bit of affect on. In my rush to influence the future,… Continue reading Grateful for the day-to-day and for today

Yesterday, Natalie, Steve and I visited Steve’s parents in the Memory Care Unit at their home. For them, it was a good day. Mom was calm. Dad was in good spirits. Aunt Joan was having a bad day, very agitated and almost catatonic. Such is life in a memory care unit. You never know what… Continue reading Don’t forget me.

Our Charlie is, or at least should be, the poster child for the YouTube Generation. He lives his life by YouTube. In fact, earlier this week, he flew across the country to LA to hang out with, work with and live with (temporarily) the YouTubers whose work he’s been editing for the past year. Our… Continue reading The Generation of YouTube

The distance between the front porch - the entrance to the beach house - and the house’s foyer, is just inches. But the actual distance spans years. And days. And minutes. Beach memories of family, and friends like family, of generations, of shared childcare, of shared meals, shared grandparents and grandchildren, are unique only in… Continue reading Sea Side