Last week I shared about the Cherry Blossom run – a beautiful 10 mile run in Washington DC at the peak of the Cherry Blossom bloom. Thousands of people run this race. It’s impeccably organized and has all the amenities of a big race. Annapolis has a sister race that they lovingly call the Cherry…
I for one in finding the mandate to stay home wonderful. I am cooking more and getting to things I’ve been ignoring for years. We are fortunate to have a comfortable home and all the amenities that go with that. We are also fortunate that the first hour of the day at our favorite supermarket…
I grew up in a house that was built in 1888. The rooms were small, the closets even smaller – at best 3 outfits would fit in the closet of most of the rooms. There were steam radiators throughout the house. The house has so many memories. Some good, some challenging but it was the…
Today the shacks are classified as historic and thus are safe (for now). When Pa built the place it was just him. Then he had four children who each had a bunch of kids. Then each of those kids had kids, and so on. Now reservations are needed to get time at the shack. I…
Last week marked the end of an incredible love story. My sister’s husband – the love of her life – died of a heart attack – the day before his fifty-eighth birthday. But the story starts years ago. 53 years ago, today, she was hit by a moving van. At the tender age of six…
From São Paulo, Brazil On September 18, 2017, I was 35 years old and was born my second child, through a successful Caesarean section and in an environment of much love and happiness. A week after childbirth, I fainted at home and rushed to the hospital with a severe uterine hemorrhage. With low blood pressure…