My grandparents had an addition to their home built many years before I was born — or at least before I could remember. It was a fantastic place. Kept separate from the rest of the house by sliding doors, it was a place I could retreat to and disappear. I…
November is here along with the frenzied holiday season. Halloween decorations are being put away until next year; witches are traded for pilgrims. Holiday recipes are thought about as I exercise in order to make room in my waistline. Exhaustion already permeates the air. The political season has worn us…
Our streetlights have dimmed a little tonight as we learned about a death in our family. My husband’s great-uncle passed away this morning and we all feel the heaviness that comes with mourning. It’s such a heavy blanket to pull over ourselves, an unwelcome one, and yet we do because…
