Suprise Me

Something about the half lemonade and half tea ... symbolizes how so many of us are making do. Read More

My cousin recently sent me this picture, which I had never seen before, taken around 1925. Read More

Summertime ambrosia. Read More

Birthday Bakers Going to birthday parties has always been great fun for kids.   When I was young I’d wear a pretty party dress and my mother would take me to the birthday kid’s house,  with me proudly carrying the wrapped gift.   Then we’d put on paper hats,  play games,  and eat cake and ice… Read More

Laundry Day in London Remembering gentler times when we weren’t so wary of others and had more trust in the kindness of strangers,   I think about laundry day in London. In the early 1970s my husband Danny had the chance to work in that wonderful city for a year and we grabbed it.  I… Read More

"send cash" … or "send ash" Read More

She captioned the needlepoint "Hobby Time" because when I was asked what my hobbies were, I generally said "sleeping." Read More

We looked at Jupiter and its moons just before it set. Read More

He [Wiilliams] was a tall, striking man, and he had a distinctive trait when he sang: he didn't make gestures of any kind. Rather, he stood completely still, with his arms at his sides, and let his voice carry the message, and what a voice it was, strong and flexible, and he could do anything with it, even sing a few lines of Everyday in a near yodel. Read More

Because all appearances to the contrary, I tended to play it safe... Read More