The Use of Space
While in Portsmouth with my sister and her husband last week, I saw this beautiful cemetery and I asked Mary to pull over so I could take a photo.It was F-R-E-E-Z-I-N-G. I cannot remember ever having been so cold. The wind tore in off the sea [...]
Wholesale Flower Market
Where did I get the idea that a flower market would be full not only of beautiful flowers but kindly, gentle, friendly men who would be happy to meet someone there for love of the beauty and the joy of the blossoms and the growth and the promise [...]
Martha Rose
Martha and Tom’s visit to India has so completely occupied my life for the past few weeks I have literally done almost nothing but plan for it and then revel in it. This morning, the day I take them to Delhi for their return flight to the [...]
Our Own Miracle
Ten years ago, our doctor told us that Moy Moy probably only had a few more months to live. She had been having up to 16 major seizures in a day and her decline in every sphere had been precipitous. Although at that point she was eating on her [...]
67 Years Old?
Anne Bruce is a remarkable woman. Who does this? A retired pediatric speech therapist, with years of experience working with children just exactly like ours, and still much in demand in her native Scotland, decides to leave it all and set out [...]
Ten Seconds To Change Your Mind
Gmail has added a new feature: After you send an email, you get this message: “Your message has been sent. Undo.” You then have ten seconds to change your mind. Hit “Undo” and you are instantly reassured: “Sending [...]