Last night I had the distinct pleasure to attend a phenomenal inaugural celebration of the combined Yale, Harvard and University of Michigan glee clubs at the lovely Sanders Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Oh what a treat! The energy, the voices, the accompaniment, the venue, the …
After so much tragic news in the press, I am on a mission to take a moment to acknowledge what makes me happy today. Love these peonies. Love this vase. Love that I can appreciate both and have a roof over my head. Safe from …
Trying to figure out why bad things happen has been an age old question that will never be answered. Why? Why then? Why there? Why was I spared while others were not? I can’t sort that out, no one can. I can’t get my head …
One of my neighbor friends has a lovely garden and it is always a treat to pass by her house to see what she has been planting. She works tirelessly and it shows. Along with a lush perennial bed and fantastically prolific, vegetable garden that …
Doesn’t this look like a painting? I was so overwhelmed by the sea of nectarine blossoms on my Saturday walk that I felt transported to the French countryside. Yet, I was only a mile or so away from home. Now, if only I could figure …
Although spring officially started a month ago, it hasn’t really shown its beauty here in Boston until the past few days with slightly warmer temperatures. The signaling of hope conveyed by bursts of forsythia yellow, pansies and periwinkle reminds me that indeed there will be …
After the events in Boston last week the notion of safe at home seems to be a bit shaky. Much of world deals with fear, uncertainty and doubt every day. Hard to fathom that our little city of patriots, students, immigrants, liberals and conservatives living …
On the first day of each month the first words I utter to anyone are “Rabbit Rabbit”. I have done this for years and have been told it brings good luck for the month. So I’ll try anything that is so simple and might bring …
After a beautiful, snowy drive through the north woods of New Hampshire, I was in awe as the view opened up to the majestic Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, the site of the historic United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, commonly known as the Bretton Woods …
Have you visited your State House as a tourist lately? Well, if not, neither have I, until this week when I completely enjoyed a legislative tour of the Bulfinch designed masterpiece built in 1798. Massachusetts is steeped in American history. Admittedly, I felt a little …