Mar 5, 2017 | A Day In My Life
On this mild August morning, too beautiful to believe, I’m standing outside in the front of our little colonial placed in a Currier and Ives New England setting. I’m waiting for Lillian, my mother-in-law, to drive up the pebble and dirt driveway of Peaceable...
May 2, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Since my husband is usually gone by the time I wake up, I have the baby and the house to myself. After brewing a cup of green tea, I step outside into the beautiful August morning to take a breath of fresh air before the baby wakes up. The barn is right across from...
Apr 1, 2013 | A Day In My Life
The house is so quiet, except for the heat making the old pipes creak. I sleep in the master bedroom. It’s cheerful with the oak floors and the multi-paned colonial windows, and I’ve moved in my furniture, but I always think of my parents first thing in the morning. I...