It’s snowing again, light but steady. We’re predicted to get between four and eight inches. It’s already been a long winter, but New Englanders know where to look for solace. Last night, I drove past a little neighborhood market, which … Continue reading
I got back to New Hampshire last evening to realize that sweet B is passing simultaneously through several transitions. Saturday, she’ll be celebrating—with a little adult help with the corks—her six-month birthday; she’s big enough to be moving from childish … Continue reading
I was home in Connecticut this past weekend, and while I was digitally pawing through some old files I came across this, which I’d jotted down a long time ago. It’s been a cold, dark winter right from the get-go, … Continue reading
I’ve developed a close relationship with an emery board over the last few weeks. It’s mostly the cold taking advantage of my general decrepitude, I suppose (though I did have a whack at one thumbnail with a chef’s knife), but … Continue reading
I knew it was cold in Washington, but I did a sort of double-take at the TV when I heard one of the BBC correspondents say, “It’s below zero here today,” before I realized he was talking modern British and … Continue reading
I’d been thinking along these lines, but the idea of “those who ought to be there but can’t be” is powerfully and importantly put here. And here is another list, referred to from the first. (I knew Gene Benson, and … Continue reading
I’m watching early inauguration coverage on the BBC Word Service, whose coverage is marginally less moronic (which church will Obama join?) than American network and cable coverage (unspeakable). I’ll switch to C-SPAN when they turn off their phone-in lines. The … Continue reading
And yes we did. … Continue reading
H got home by lunchtime today, and we decided to go out for a walk. I could never manage the Ergo carrier H often uses for B, because adjusting it requires reaching buckles and webbing in locations behind my back … Continue reading