This morning, Graidy was annoying Kiera, as he often does — he’s a playful goofball and she’s always on the job — so she took matters into her own hands. She pawed open the sliding glass door, and Graidy dashed out to see if there was anything fun outside to bark at. (He’s also easily amused). Okay, maybe that’s not so unusual, since I’ve previously told you that Kiera can open nearly every door in this house. But then she … Read More
I was raised by a father who taught me how to be creative, resourceful, and self-reliant. There’s little I can’t fix and not much that I can’t build–up to and including completely renovating a house by myself.
All the tools in the garage (and there are lots) are mine. In other words, I’m handy. And I love to invent things and improve on things that are less than perfectly designed.
Which also makes me a little bit of a gadget … Read More
My brother, Eric, called the other day to relay the sad news that the family’s beloved cat, Nanners, hadn’t made it back home in several days, has not been found with an exhaustive search and posters, and so is presumed to have gone on to the next world.
Nanners, Nan, or Nano (her proper name given because she was so tiny) was a stray kitten the family found on the side of the road 4 years ago. She was matted, … Read More
I couldn’t help but think of those Hidden Picture puzzles when I discovered Finn in his latest cool spot. I must have walked past him 15 times before it registered. He blends in pretty well, don’t you think? : )… Read More
As I mentioned recently, I get three kinds of calls from family. Last week it was my sister asking how to tell if her garlic was ready to be picked.
Where we live (in the Northeast), we plant hard neck varieties at the end of September into early October, which means our harvest time is roughly mid-July to end of of July. This is my sister’s first year of planting her own, and she wasn’t sure when to pull her … Read More
“Mom, can I take the train in to Boston to go to a Red Sox game with Dan?”
“Just you and Dan?”
(Both kids are only 16. Dan is one of Cait’s many guy friends.)
“Yep.”
“How come he’s inviting you and not one of his buddies?”
“They’re all Yankees fans. I’m the only Red Sox fan he knows.”
(What my daughter also fails to mention is that she lives for adventure!)
“Where does the train get in? How far … Read More
There are three types of calls I routinely get from my family:
It ensures that I regularly get to hear from most of my family fairly often. The most recent call I fielded was from one of my nephews who has a delightful female Golden Retriever. As … Read More
… the Walrus said, to talk of other things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings…
Anything but how time is starting to catch up with my beloved girl…
Kiera is closing in on 13 years old. Her recent visit to the vet confirmed what I had been observing. Kiera is now 90% blind.
So we make changes. And we adjust. And we now use baby gates to prevent her from getting stuck on the stairs … Read More
