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How to Charm Me
Henry, age 3 1/2. Tell me, “Mom, you’re the cutest thing in the whole wide world!” Okay, Henry. If you say so! What a nut!
Read MoreHappy New Year!
This year finally seemed to slow down around December 30, and we’ve been enjoying lots of (rare!) snow, hot cocoa, fires, home projects (also rare this year!), more fires, visitors and, of course, good food. Our New Year’s Eve was all the brighter with my college roommate in town, a culinary professional who brought with…
Read MoreThe Shortest Day
Winter solstice sunset A friend posted a snippet of this poem the other day, and I loved it, and wanted to post it all here. This time of year with its mix of darkness and revelry, its hard, shiny cold and soft, welcoming warmth is always a dizzying spin of emotions, particularly when I reflect…
Read MoreThe Hank & Willie Annual Holiday Photo Fix
Photo and original card design courtesy of smugmug.com. Card available at smugmug.com. Cute dog not available, sadly. Sigh. I take THOUSANDS of photos a year. Beautiful babies and blushing brides. Captivating kids and their patient parents and pretty pets. Did I say THOUSANDS? You’d think I could get ONE keeper of my own offspring, but…
Read MoreSomething as simple as breathing
Breathing—we do it all day and all night, and almost never think a thing about it, until we’re knocked out with a nuisance of a cold once or twice a year. And having giant healthy lungs, which most of us are blessed with, means that we never really give any thought to tiny premature baby…
Read MoreBeautiful girls
Mothers of boys, have you SPENT any time with girls recently? I’ve been hanging out with a number of lovely girls of late, and I have to say, I had no idea they were like this. Despite a tired sub-two-year-old young lady, I think we had a winning shot about, oh, 20 seconds after we…
Read MoreScenes from Halloween (and a 50 mm 1.2)
A trip to the apple orchard this morning and a midday snack (mysteriously delivered to our doorstep by one of our favorite ghouls) made for great subject material while I was experimenting with the Canon 50 mm 1.2 today–the most delicious of all lenses. Yum. This lens is NUTS. Almost as delicious as the candy…
Read MoreMore firsts
September seems to have more firsts than Playmobil parts on my floor and THAT, my friends, is saying something. (As you well know, Katy and Kate, my two primary sources.) Henry, age three. First day of nursery school with his nursery-school bag. I think he would fit inside. Today’s first brought to you by a…
Read MoreFirst Day
After months of anticipation, today was the day—Will set off for kindergarten and his first foray into all-day, all-week school. He’s been pretty excited since last spring when he understood it only as a state of being, and now that the big K actually has a place and a name, well, he couldn’t be more…
Read MoreSummer Fun List
Say what you will about pool boys, they all have one thing in common: they sure are cute! We have FINALLY gotten a nice stretch of summer weather in New England, just as we begin the countdown to fall and the real world, if we can refer to kindergarden and nursery school as the real…
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