Pink Granite

Over on Facebook, a smart and funny friend who is not originally from New England, was a bit fed up with all this snow. To be fair, three no...

Dear Dad, Thank you for working so damn hard for all of us every single day. Thank you for being such a wonderful storyteller. Thank you ...

This is the path I had to shovel from our back porch and barn, in order to get to the far side of the kitchen wing to rake that roof. The ...

I grew up in a household with a father, mother, two sisters and an occasional grandparent. Back when more of us were still alive, we often ...

On Sunday afternoon I was startled to see a crow and, what I thought at first was a hawk, fluttering just outside the bedroom window. But ...

Way back in early November, Melanie of Melanie In The Middle hosted a giveaway of a Ninja 3-in-1 Cooking System - a crockpot meets stovetop...

When it first began snowing last evening, it was full of promise and very beautiful.

The meteorologists warned us it could be more. But we only got five to six inches of heavy, wet snow overnight. Then Mother Nature added ...

Here’s the trail of breadcrumbs. Chuck subscribes to The New York Times. That means in addition to the Sunday newspaper being delivered to...

Storytelling at its best can be found at The Moth . You may have listened to it on your local Public Radio station. I am certain it is a m...

They are charming, intelligent, poised, seemingly down-to earth and beautiful. They are the prince and princess of our childhood fairytales ...

I had a Tweet ReTweeted on Twitter. That happens from time to time. It’s always nice because it means someone felt what I wrote was wort...

The house at the end of our street was torn down. We heard a few different versions of how the lovely, mid-nineteenth century farmhouse had...

“How Doctors Die - It’s Not Like the Rest of Us But It Should Be” That’s the title of an article our niece Carrie sent us a link to shortly ...

To be clear, I HATE ticks. By all accounts this is going to be a very rough season. By season I mean spring, summer and autumn. An incred...

Similar to the Irish tradition of remaining with the body of a loved one until burial, Shemira is the Jewish ritual of attending or guardin...

Yesterday we drove down to Rhode Island for the first time since Christmas. We visited with my Mom as well as Al, Carrie and Isabella Rose....

Chuck and I first tasted a Chipotle based salsa at a Mexican restaurant in Redmond, Washington many years ago. We were so taken with it, we...

For several weeks we have been devoting a great deal of time and energy to helping Chuck’s elderly aunt. Working with hospice has been of c...

Back in May of 2010 I posted about my dilemma when it comes to being panhandled. Many of you shared your stories of when you do and don’t ...