Cella filled my thermos with hot water at a café where I was working. After a summer of decadence, I’ve been trying to drink less coffee, I told her. Cella said, “Me too, mostly because I’ve got a baby due in a week and a half!” Turns out pregnancy is well hidden by aprons. She…
Articles from August 2018
The Word: Happy
The day before my family flew home after a summer of adventures, we visited the Boston Science Museum, where we learned about living in space, how chicks hatch, why calories are burned the way they are, and dozens of other wonders. We played with a plastic model of the human body that worked like a…
The Word: Peaceful
I was in New York City with my person for our tenth wedding anniversary, and we had with us our young. The kids had kick-scooters and our second day there we easily covered six miles while following an itinerary that included a ferry ride, a transit museum, bagels, ice cream, several parks, and a sea-glass…
The Word: Spanky
This was by far the hardest word. It came about when I was at a wine bar with my person and Dean was our server: he got my attention when he used a paper cup to pour my second glass of wine back into our bottle. He told us that he had two 18-year-old dachshunds…
The Word: Home
I studied at New College, Oxford, in the year 2000. My dad and I visited eighteen years later and the porters, Howard and Wayne, invited us in, so long as we didn’t disturb any of the concerts or other activities going on that summer Wednesday. We saw the old house where I lived at 65…