Last Saturday, J&I were lucky enough to play one of our favorite board games (and we have a lot of board games ... a lot a lot ... so categorizing this as one of our favorites is more important than it might otherwise seem) with a lovely couple, A&S. The game is Ticket to Ride.…
These women were already smiling on Wednesday before seeing each other just because the seeing and the hugging was going to happen so soon. These women sat in bunches listening to speakers, nodding and noting both to absorb what was said and to encourage the sayers. These women kept careful tabs on each other so…
My family celebrates Christmas in January. Mom's decision to wrench the holiday from its December calendar square and push it a month was genius for our family because it's very, very, very hard to get all nine adults and five kids together at Christmas proper, plus the post-Christmas sales make for economical shopping. We love…
My corner of Facebookia is teeming with references to the Winter 2011 Residency at Vermont College of Fine Arts, my alma mater #3 (and the third time truly was a charm) from which I earned an MFA in writing almost six months ago. Now some great friends and fellow writers are gathering to earn their…
It would appear that, as a little girl, I enjoyed the companionship of stuffed bunnies. My interest in bunnies apparently began early. And it continued. My niece shares an interest in stuffed bunnies. "Bunny" is her best sleep buddy. I always thought my best sleep buddies had been my blankets, "Pretty" and "Fuzzy,"…
