time and tide

My youngest started school today. She was excited. She was ready. It was a good morning, lots of memories. A bit fraught, a little bittersweet. We did okay. We watched her walk to the door. So confident. She’s my hero. But there were tears in the car and, later, more […]

“I wish I knew where to start, how to give what you dream…”

For whatever reason, some tracks just stick with me. They become a touchstone. This is one of them. For me, this song is always going to evoke Christmas 2011, those cold winter nights right before my two oldest children returned from five months in Ghana. I’m coming back to it […]

A Quick One from the Kitchen

Just popping my head in — while the children battle for couch supremacy, while I put the finishing touches on this evening’s Festival of Leftovers — to remind all of you that today is the 30th anniversary of the disappearance of Elvis Presley. Also, thanks in part a a bout […]