Well here I am, adrift in unemployment. For the first time since I was 10, I don't have a mostly full-time gig. Yes, I could say I’m retired, and many my age count the days until they can say that. But I was not ready to end my television work. Last month, I lost my job as a ...
This was supposed to be the year of the tomato. I’d made plans: the caprese pasta with chopped tomatoes, garlic, basil and olive oil. The BLT sandwiches. The tomato and cheese sandwiches on the panini grill. Oh, and the best thing of all: the Sunday morning bagel with cream cheese and ...
As some of you know, I had a mouse event last month. While sitting in my bedroom, I saw a medium-size, dark brown thing run in and then back out. What followed was a binge of buying mouse abatement products – some old-fashioned traps and a single glue trap. I object to glue traps ...
The weeds have grown past the top of the fence again, and my outlook has changed. I live on a hill overlooking a vast, green valley. When I toured this house three years ago, I made up my mind to buy it before even stepping inside. The agent and I walked to the back of the property ...
Is there anything more stealthy than a house mouse? Several times over the past week I’d be sitting in my room reading and some swift bit of shadow would slide across my peripheral vision. I’d turn and see nothing and think nothing of it and go back to my book. And then, a few ...
We call each other by our surnames, Mrs. A and I, a habit that dates back to when our sons were preschool friends in Connecticut. She and I shared the traditional rule that our children must address adults as Mr. and Mrs. She and I did the same, and it stuck. It had been three years since ...
