Last year, I wrote a story for my mother for Christmas. “The Lantern Hanger’s Wife” is about our patriot ancestors, John and Sarah Pulling, who participated in the Boston tea party and hung the lanterns for Paul Revere in Boston’s old North Church. It is a story celebrating the tangled stories of genealogy, a family’s sacrifice […]
So, we’ve made it full circle again to October: this season of jay conversing tree to tree and turning leaves, and pumpkin-spice everything-under-the-sun. Just check out Trader Joe’s, if you have yet to be persuaded. I have added Pumpkin Spice Rooibus tea and pumpkin ice cream to my personal supply. Could not resist. Also a […]
A disclaimer about the photos in this post: I took them in 2006 and had to size down the files. This messes with the watermarks a bit, but they are nonetheless intact and witness to my adventures in England. Enjoy. Ten years ago, I boarded a plane to leave for England for the first time. I […]
When some people go on vacation, they like to say they’re “taking the week off.” I say I’m “taking the week on.” Next week I will be operating as a full-time writer. This will be my staycation. For there is really no grander place to be than deep in my own writings and at home […]
It’s already been an incredibly long summer. Long in the sense that I find it difficult to write posts for this blog without feeling mute and powerless. There isn’t a patch on the Earth that isn’t in some kind of turmoil or political upheaval, except for perhaps the penguin nations of Antarctica. This is one of […]
