Some images from the weekend: This was undoubtedly the best moment (Nola met her new cousin, Eloise), but there was also this Wherein we marvelled together at Brian Selznick’s magical pencil illustrations in The Invention…
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As I might have mentioned, we have our 6-year-old granddaughter staying with us this week. She’s lovely, very easy to get along with, polite, cooperative, funny, happy with a trip to get groceries or a…
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Overwhelmed by the tourists and the heat and the grandeur and the noise, one day in Rome last July, I wandered off our planned route while Paul was consulting the map. I found myself alone…
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After last week’s ups and downs, a quiet post, okay? Our island’s community dock in the morning fog. Great blue herons, readying their huge nests for another family-rearing season in the rookery And Nola’s bubblegum…
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The new parents have introduced their wee one to the world, so I can tell you now that we have been blessed with another beautiful granddaughter. Joy and gratitude and relief (those last hours of…
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