Sometimes what we give up matters as much as what we give
for Garrett On the main street of the town I grew up in, there were two restaurants – the Edelweiss and the South Seas. How a small town in Connecticut ended up with these dining possibilities I do not...
View ArticleOn rereading “Gift from the Sea” at the sea
“And my shells? I can sweep them all into my pocket. They are only there to remind me that the sea recedes and returns eternally.” -Anne Morrow Lindbergh Somehow, in a frenetic spring this year, we...
View ArticleOn being in between
Summer is always a bit of an in between time but this summer has felt that way particularly for me as our three kids, and we, take on new adventures. Work, travel, college. The empty nest. I share my...
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The wedding photographer worked in black and white chose your best self for you with his trained eye and developed your story the way it might have appeared in the newspaper before color if you were a...
View ArticleWhere has the summer gone?
Where has the summer gone? asks the boy on the bike as we ride around stopping by the cool blue pool for the season’s last swim Take a picture mom! implores the boy on the diving board before he flips...
View ArticleThe old house
A ship we rode through the yearsof our lives Cedar bonesOurs ache for losing youA whale’s ribs the large hullIn which we spent so many days and nights Elbow greaseKneeling on wood floorsDreaming under...
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