Two thoughts on aging: 1) My friend Susan started one conversation a few weeks ago by saying she thought she was ready for the old people’s home, because she had left a Le Creuset (enamel on cast iron) pot of tomatoes slow cooking for such a long time that the tomatoes permanently attached to the … [Read more…]
I guess this year is my second Mothers’ Day as a grandma, but somehow I did not feel quite as grandmotherly last year as I did this year. Maybe because last year Mothers’ Day I wasn’t even retired yet. And of course, I do have two grandkids now, Jasper who’s here and Rowan who’s out … [Read more…]
I hope! I feel like this is kind of the danger zone, 5 weeks on crutches, that I hit once before when I started building up my walking and turned out my knee was still broken. I’m still trying NOT to walk farther than a couple of blocks, but last week I started biking again, … [Read more…]
It’s been the long, lost week that ended with Mother’s Day. I was so busy grading with work work work, emailing students & sites about summer practicums, meetings, other administrivia, and moderating sessions at the Wisconsin Library Association Public Libraries conference that I didn’t take very many walks or bike rides – with the stunning … [Read more…]
Looks like last year, I wrote about Mother’s Day on the Monday after, so I guess I might as well continue the tradition. And, I’d like to take a little farther back look into the weekend’s activities. On Saturday, I hosted a benefit for Forward Theater, kind of a progressive dinner, starting at my house, … [Read more…]