cakes, tea and dreams

2 min read 2022-07-18 23:13:00

Local adventures: art in conversation.

Last month, my guy and I headed to the MFA on a Saturday (thank goodness for library passes). Both the permanent collection and the rotating

2 min read 2022-07-14 21:50:00

‘Tis the season for summer reading – which for me typically means mysteries, YA and lush, immersive novels. But I’m also reading some

2 min read 2022-07-11 19:33:00

It’s no secret I love a good mystery series, especially in the summer. But I admit my taste runs toward the American or Anglophone: Maisie Dobbs,

3 min read 2022-07-08 19:41:00

It seems so simple, so very basic: in order to talk about race, we have to name it first. This may – sometimes – be easier for people of color

1 min read 2022-07-05 19:41:00

Like so many people, I spent most of two years not going to the movies: first because the theaters were closed, then because I was nervous to go

2 min read 2022-07-01 19:53:00

Suddenly, it’s July – the heat is here, as are the occasional summer thunderstorms. Nine days to Walk for Music; a couple weeks until a getaway

2 min read 2022-06-28 19:52:00

Hello, friends. It’s nearly July, and June has been full – we’re ramping up for a huge fundraising event at work, dealing with staff turnover

2 min read 2022-06-24 20:05:00

Last month, my girl Jackie and I took off on a Saturday morning, heading north up Route 1 to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, about an hour from Boston.

2 min read 2022-06-23 22:00:00

June is flying by, and I’m flying through stacks of review and library books. Here’s what I have been reading: Empathy Economics: Janet

2 min read 2022-06-21 20:07:00

A couple times recently, I’ve heated up a frozen meal for lunch. On the surface, I suspect, that might not seem revolutionary. But it sort of is

1 min read 2022-06-17 19:52:00

My guy and I love a good bike ride, and he, in particular, can rarely resist a new trail. So when a friend of his told G about a recently completed

3 min read 2022-06-14 20:08:00

We are nearly halfway through June, and it’s finally (sometimes) sit-outside-and-read weather. Here’s what I have been reading: Fencing with

2 min read 2022-06-10 19:35:00

Recently, on a mild midweek evening, my guy and I ate dinner at his house and then went for a walk through the neighborhood. We have savored these

2 min read 2022-06-07 20:07:00

This weekend, my guy and I took a Sunday bike ride from his house to Harvard Square. We wandered the weekend farmers’ market, savored BLTs from

1 min read 2022-06-02 20:41:00

Hello, friends. It is June, somehow, and the world is purple and green: tall ruffled iris, big puffball alliums, flowering catmint, leggy