House cleaning is not one of my favorite tasks. I like a clean house but don’t like cleaning when there’s so much else to do: Read! Run! Meet a friend! Nap! Watch a movie! Write! But at times, cleaning is necessary. Before a holiday is one of those times. Thanksgiving, guests and mother-in-law. ‘Nuff said. [...]

The beginning of August marks a ritual gathering of the Wolfe clan in New Hampshire at Wolf Hollow – Tim and Steph’s home –  much as Labor Day used to mark the end of a summer with Cape Cod vacations and school beginnings. (August 2010) As I left California, the weekend ahead seemed to hold [...]

So I’m only about a month behind now. Catching up! On July 14, I greeted the day with thanks for twelve years since my marrow transplant. I believe in celebrating milestones and any excuse for celebrating is good by me. A couple of days before my re-birthday was young Dominic’s transplant anniversary, the day before [...]