Time to Take Off
When the party is over, you don’t have to delay…just say that it is time to take off – and get on your way. Lingering over the goodbyes is nice… No rush, just take your time. Sit down again, have Read More …
Tag: home
Never Lost at Home
College students…they’re never lost at home… We cherish having them back. We love having them join us at dinner. We want to see their shining, happy, youthful faces. We are happier, when they’re here. We are parents. We can’t help Read More …
Just Stay Focused
If you can just stay focused you can get a lot done. I tend to do things – in life, with client deliverables and in my home – in bits and pieces. Maybe being a project manager for so long Read More …
Home For The Holidays
There is nothing better than being home for the holidays…whether it is your home or your family’s home. Getting there, sometimes is half the battle. Then, staying happy while you are there is the other half. Of course, you probably Read More …
By Comparison
It is by comparison that we can judge things – from our past to our present and that is the method by which we assess things in the future. That was the best hotdog I ever ate. (I was 8 Read More …
Too Young or Too Old
Back to the fringes…but this time, to muse about the ones who are too young or too old. Too young to feed themselves…sadly, sometimes too old to do the same. Too young to have a filter; kids they say the Read More …
Christmas Cookies
Tonight, we had Christmas Cookies for dinner… …and then, after the evening’s walk – drive – and dash from house to house – we had lasagna for dessert. Annual house tours, whether they celebrate winter, spring, summer or fall are Read More …
Old Haunts
We all have those places we love to go back to time and time again, the places we feel most alive are ironically often our old haunts. College campuses. Beach towns. Mom and Dad’s home. Dive bar where even as Read More …
What’s For Dinner
Honesty, some days I really don’t care what’s for dinner. As long as we eat. Together. As long as there is some kind of vegetable. Any kind. Potatoes count. Ketchup does not. Actually potatoes count, but chopped scallions count more. Read More …
One More Thing
Just when you think that you have done everything…every thing on your list…there is just one more thing to do. Laundry Make lunch Make breakfast – or coffee – or both Go Shopping Read e-mail Take notes Pay your bills Read More …