Last Thursday I drove halfway across the state (which only takes an hour here in Massachusetts) to meet my friend Betsy for coffee at Panera. Betsy moved to the Boston area this past summer and left me without one of my dearest friends in town and my every-Thursday-morning-running-partner. After coffee with Betsy, my friend Christina… Read More Thankful: Plants, Pillars, And No Outcries
I did not sleep well at all last night. It was cool outside but warm in the house, and the window unit in our room doesn’t think it should cool our room in that situation. I was hot and achy and tossed around all night long. I’m telling you this, because what follows might just… Read More Dress Alterations and “All Those Republicans…”
It was time, he explained, as he brought his business card to the door to warn us of the coming work in close proximity to our home. Cavities developing, branches dead, dying, and falling down meant that proper action was required for the sake of the tree and the people and homes nearby. Knowing it… Read More Love Affair With Trees (and Fetuses)
So, just a week after my dad returned home from celebrating his 70th birthday in Massachusetts, he was scheduled for a total knee replacement! I’d known about this surgery for quite a while, but didn’t think a thing of it until he started talking about driving himself to the hospital and hobbling out on crutches… Read More Birthdays, Bum Knees, Brides, Boys, and Blues
(or from the land of Ivory Tower Living as my friend Izzy might say) At a community organization’s dinner 2 years ago: Organization Member: So, what kind of pastor are you? You’re not an evangelical are you? (incredulous) Like George Bush?????Robert: Well, that depends on your definition of evangelical.Organization Member: Oh, you know…..like George Bush…..someone… Read More From the Land of Tolerance and Diversity
I enjoy politics. I love it when Tim Russert gets out his dry erase boards and breaks down the electoral college votes. I want to hear what Sean Hannity has to say. ( I don’t have Fox News, though, so this happens only rarely!) But, I don’t often feel comfortable talking about it, especially in… Read More Super Tuesday Disclosure