Nana Time (subtitle: coaxing meals from near-empty pantries)

Anticipating my granddaughter’s sleepover, I assumed we’d go out for sushi dinner last night and then out for bacon and eggs or pancakes this morning.  I’d underestimated how much she’d been looking forward to playing…

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Postcard from Rome

  I thought I would have posted by now, but the flight was long and delayed and I missed a connection…and the little one’s been sick since I got here, so I’ve been trying to…

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Five Things for a Fall Friday

Home for two weeks now, I’m weaving together the threads that will form the fabric of my retirement, for the next while, at least. Until the end of the year, these are the activities that…

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Five Things Friday

1. Thank-you cards from 6-year olds are the best! Pulling from the mailbox an envelope addressed in Going-into-Grade-2 printing lifts the corners of my mouth instantly. Knowing that I raised a daughter who sends thank-you…

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Sunday, the Guest has Gone Home

Our young house guest went home yesterday, leaving her bike at the community boat dock for me to bring home on a walk later today. Anticipating the joy of reuniting with her parents after a…

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