By tradition, we often do an “encore turkey,” to ensure that we have leftovers all the way through July. A Hobbit’s second breakfast.
Category: Millennials
The Children’s Table
Good to have Smartacus home, though there were instantly piles of socks and shoes in every corner of the house, and I still can’t find my charging cords.
Public Displays of Affection
I can smell God's socks, no kidding. But the best part is the overview of this enormous stadium. The whole place feels like a Peanuts special.
Thoughts and Prayers, OK?
Honestly, I don’t want to live in a world without print newspapers, journalism’s only link to Shakespeare.
Lord of the Rings
It was an easy ride to Santa Barbara. You just follow the pumpkin stands along the 126, from Santa Clarita to the sea. Cowboy country.
How to Murder a Martini
This fall has had an early start – a little crisp, a little soupy. The other night, I made a fire. And a candy-corn martini.
The College Boy
We parents are a hot mess. Wobbly. Heart-sick. I suppose our empty-nesting anxiety is a measure of our love and devotion.
A Day of Wine and Roses
A wedding damps our cynicism, lights some inner circuit, the kind we had as kids and then lost.
Scions and Super Kale
Did you say “over?” ... Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Divas and dorm rooms
I will let Smartacus go the same way the New England Patriots released Cam Newton: reluctantly and with a heavy heart.