Not me… my grandmother. Last night we celebrated my Grandmother’s 85th Birthday! This is my mom’s mother… and she was in total party-time mode! It’s funny seeing my grandmother, every time I look at her and/or watch her, I can see pieces of my mother in her. They’re very different, but very much alike all at the same time. It [...]

Take a peek at this photograph. Can you see the tranquility of a lovely little New England town, with its church spire, historic hall freshly painted yellow, flags unfurled, playground and field of dreams? If you look more closely, can you see ME? I’m way, way, way at the other side of the field of dreams in front of the [...]

I’m a bad, bad Grandma. It involves mashed potatoes. I know this because I got “the eye” from Audrey today. You know the one. The silent stare. Raised-eyebrow-one-penetrating-eye-glare-stare. The very same one my parents gave me when I was… well, bad. It began with pizza. Sounds innocent enough, but that pizza began a tale that got me into all the [...]

From the inception of the idea that I could possibly try to train for a Half Marathon… until the moment I finished… was a journey I will always remember. It began on November 28, 2009, after I completed a 5-mile race that Janie had encouraged me to run. OK. 5 miles. I did it. But how about 13.1? I thought [...]

Some twelve or thirteen years ago, my girls bought me a pair of Ugg boots for my birthday. In velvety sumptuous black. Soft fur. Thick fleecy lining that, yes, keeps me warm even without socks in the middle of a New England winter. Audrey and Jane were both in college at the time and they thought these Uggs were so [...]

After the holidays, this little ditty rang loudly and clearly across the web… Back to life, Back to reality. Except for me, I think. For me, it’s Back to life, back to fantasy.  Yep.  I’m enrolling in 6 more weeks of pole dancing classes! And this brings me back to Christmas Eve, when I unwrapped a rather heavy, long, rectangular [...]

A little while back, I wrote about #7 on my List of 57 in 52.  I said,  “I want to ice skate in white figure skates at the Ice Rink at Rockefeller Center in New York City. I want to wear tights and a twirling skirt (not too short!)… and I wish to do this with my two granddaughters, Taylor [...]

There are so many moments in life that we wish will last forever. There are so many things that we never want to forget… especially words. And when it comes to grandchildren, I think the wishing to capture everything takes on a whole new meaning. Especially the words. The made-up ones. The stringing together of syllables or the eliminating of [...]

Thirty-some-odd years ago, my older brother traveled to Russia and he brought back 2 gifts for me… 2 sets of Matryoshka Dolls, known as Russian Nesting Dolls.  I loved these dolls from the first moment I saw them.  I opened the largest of the little wooden rounded head figures and they carefully nested four others within their beautiful peasant dress [...]

Yesterday, I took my just-turned-4-year-old grandson Alexander to the train station in downtown Providence to pick up his Mommy, Audrey.  She was returning from a trip to New York City. Alex and I were a bit early.  The train was a bit late.  And these turns of events gave us time to do a little exploring.  We headed outside the [...]