Isn’t he handsome!
My DIL, Celia, shared some pictures of Jeff with me that I never would have seen otherwise. Thank you, Celia! Jeff and Celia live in NYC and I don’t get to see them often so it was a treat to see our...
View ArticleOn being wet, and cold…
On our last full day in Nova Scotia, we decided to walk the Cape Split trail, overlooking the Bay of Fundy. On the way there, I spotted another interesting sign: I think the 3rd row, 2nd from left...
View ArticleAbout those 10,000 steps…
Did you see the article in the New York Magazine this weekend entitled How Many Steps A Day Should You Walk? The article in question says pretty much what I always thought: that 10,000 step goal is...
View ArticleAnd now there are two…
Our eldest cat, Emma, went to heaven this morning. At least, I expect that she did. She was, after all, a meek and mild cat, hardly ever mean. Emma is in the middle between Belle (front) and Dave...
View ArticleThat’s my (youngest) boy!
Jeff, Celia’s husband, is a biostatistician on the faculty at Columbia. I try to understand what he does, and sometimes I sort of get it, but I can’t exactly explain it. He goes to conferences to...
View ArticlePiece O’ NYC: Our City Cats
This post is dedicated to the animals I love the most: cats! When Jeff and I first moved in together, back when we were wee ones in Baltimore, I immediately told him we were getting a cat. Wisely, he...
View ArticleA shopping adventure with Elanor…
I made a promise to Elanor last year that I would take her on an overnight shopping trip to Dallas to celebrate her 13th birthday and the big day came last week. I booked a room at a NYLO (New York...
View ArticleThanksgiving in NYC…
I am thankful for Thanksgiving, this one in particular. We got to visit Jeff and Celia in their city—New York City! Here are a few of the things we saw and did, not necessarily in chronological order…...
View ArticleWow, life can change so fast!
A week and half ago my mom said she thought it was time to move to assisted living. I had seen it coming (but not by much) and had been checking out the possibilities. Sherman has several wonderful...
View ArticleHe did it!
I remember when our oldest son, Christopher, first went to school. He was cute, and smart, and on the quiet and serious side. We were proud of him then and we are proud of him today, on his last day of...
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