Last week, my first love, a boyfriend from the end of high school and the first half of college, died suddenly, and accidentally, while traveling far from home. I hadn’t seen him in 15 years, but in the last 3 or 4, we talked regularly, if not frequently. I had last spoken to him in [...]
This is actually my second harvest of the year; last weekend, I ate my first arugula salad from the garden. This afternoon, I picked more arugula, my first radishes of the year, and some lovage leaves. Happy. Even happier? Melons and squash seeds have germinated thanks to a heat wave, tomatoes and chiles are in, [...]
On the you-never-know-what-life-will-bring-you front–I’ve been asked to step in as a cohost of a local radio show, Mimi’s Morning Mojo, the creation of the very funny Mimi (who happens to also be my aerobics teacher.) I could not make this stuff up, folks. Stay tuned for my local radio debut. (Or should I say, my return [...]
Do you ever have a day where you just feel, so clearly, that you are on a collision course with everything, unable to put your better self forth, only mired down in the muck of your own mind’s making? Usually, for me, these days have to do with stressors I can’t control, and PMS. Often [...]