Seasonal
Following the Path of Least Resistance This Summer
A few weeks ago, my family took a morning trip to the beach. After two hours of prep, four missing hats, and…
Slowing Down for the Summer
I’m calling summer 2017 the “Summer of the Great Experiment.” The girls and I are heading up to sleepy midcoast Maine for…
18 Summers Just Isn’t Enough
A group of moms hurried in to preschool pickup, many of us lugging younger siblings, scaling the stairs to the classroom with…
Hello, Spring! Celebrating Spring In and Around Boston
New England weather, you are too much. A few weeks ago when it was pushing 70 degrees and I was walking home…
February Is Not My Friend :: Fighting Off the SAD This Winter
February and I are not friends. We’re barely on speaking terms. My whole life, February has been the month where I run…
Tried-and-True Winter Dinner Recipes
On a cold, cloudy, snowy, New England winter day — let’s face it, pretty typical here from November through March — there’s nothing that…
Winter Is Coming :: How to Prepare
With the temperatures dropping and the days growing shorter, it’s clear that, as Jon Snow said in that foreboding brogue, “Winter is…
Recipe for Summer Days :: Watermelon, Cucumber, and Feta Salad
As I write this, it’s 90+ degrees in Boston, which is too hot to do much of anything except turn on the…
Springtime Adventures in Boston
Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring last month, and despite the inches of snow and polar vortex that followed a few days…
