As Chair of our town’s Select Board, I will be giving remarks today on our town common after the Veteran’s Day parade. I thought you might like to read what I will be saying: Good…

Taking a cue from Kym, with both the title and the content of this post, let’s talk about the things that have been taking precedence over blogging lately. The situation with Fred’s care. Let me…

I read 5 books in the month of October, here are my reviews. Big Little Truths by Liane MoriartyMy rating: 3 of 5 starsReturning to the women of Big Little Lies was a pleasure. Liane…

I have always loved cook books and have wonderful memories of reading them alongside my mother when I was a child. We would ooh and ahh over the photos and mark the pages of recipes…

Two things about Fred . . . and one thing about George . . . Fred’s surgery was successful and the doctor said he expects him to make a full recovery. I picked him up…

My sweet little baby Fred is having surgery today to repair a corneal sequestrum. In a nutshell, he developed a corneal ulcer right before I returned from Turkey and Greece and it’s not healing and…

And just like that, our 2026 camping season has come to an end. Our camper, Ethel, is now safely back in our driveway. This week we will clean her out and spiff her up and,…

A sneak peek of Greece today, this was the view from my hotel from at the NLH in Nea Makri at sunrise. I was up early on this particular day because we had timed tickets…

Joining with Kat and friends today to talk about knitting and reading. This is the current state of the Musselburgh Hat I started with the Cider Moon Farm yarn after I frogged the socks because…

Our time in Istanbul was limited and so we made the most of it. Our hotel room was in Sultanahmet Square, where no cars are allowed. Our transportation from the airport dropped us at a…

It was good to be back at the camper this weekend. I feel a little robbed of my time there, given that Labor Day was late, we lost one whole weekend to a nor’easter, and…

While Hagia Sophia was a bit of a disappointment, Istanbul itself was incredible and did not disappoint at all. I took this phot of the Süleymaniye Mosque on the way back from our trip across…