I am now a Facebook friend with a beautiful, fun, special woman who I met when she was 4 years old, and had the wonderful pleasure of watching grow up. Birthday parties. Graduation parties. A beautiful bride. Now a Mommy to 3 precious children, and expecting her 4th in February. On her Facebook page this morning, she wrote about her [...]

Dear Kohler, I am the grandmother of 7 grandsons. Count ‘em. 7. Andrew is 5. Jake is 4. William is 3. Alexander is 2. Benjamin is 1. Henry is 12 weeks. And Dylan is 6 weeks. That’s a lotta… how can I say this delicately… pee. Yesterday is a wonderful example of this “stream” of boys. My husband (Grandpa) and [...]

We call Audrey’s oldest son, William, “the sponge.” William soaks in information like… well, a sponge. He loves all things about space, dinosaurs, trains. He can tell you anything you need to know about Lego Star Wars or Lego Indiana Jones. He loves weather, as in I think he may be a budding meteorologist. But he also soaks in… and [...]

My husband, Barry. This is the hottest man I know. Red-hot kind of hot. Hot before hot was in. Mr. January? Easy. Cruising down a ski slop in his skivvies. He’s snow-melting hot. Or Mr. June? Why wear anything? Let’s roll around to Mr. October. Can you say “big pumpkins”? OK. OK. I see your frown. You’re evolved. You’re looking [...]

Have you ever done this? I did it yesterday. And I am still cringing. Oh… PLEASE make the memory disappear. Barry and I were at a little farm stand, just having the best ‘ol summer time picking out beautiful ripe tomatoes, sun-touched corn, perfect peppers, luscious squash and nice, firm cucumbers. Maybe it’s the cucumbers that got me into trouble. [...]

Barry and I spontaneously took off this past Tuesday and headed to Cape Cod, or, as we New Englanders say, “the Cape.” The day was glorious… warm, breezy, beautiful sun in the big old blue sky. Our plan was to head all the way to the tip of the Cape, to Provincetown, but a 13-mile construction warning detoured us to [...]

Oh, boy. And I mean “Boy” with a capital B. And my morning began with such promise… The New England humidity had broken. The early morning sky was baby blue and filled with whispy, innocent clouds. The sun offered such warmth and delight. My husband and I took a brisk, dawn-inspired walk though our little town. When we arrived back [...]