For the generations who’ve grown up with the internet, blogs are old news. Every hip business has a blog; influencers have blogs (or they used to, before they turned to Twitter, Instagram, and vlogs); every activity or interest has a core of people who blog about it. In fact, I started encountering blogs accidentally a … Read More
A year ago this week, I drove away from a much-loved job into a new life of being retired. When I said so yesterday to my husband, he said, “It’s been a year already? That’s gone by fast.” I agreed, but added, “Also very slowly.” He knew what I meant. The travel part of the … Read More
Thoreau writes in Walden (with delightful consciousness of his irony) that he has “traveled a good deal in Concord.” This spring, I too have been traveling a good deal in my hometown. And like Thoreau – and a lot of other people now – I’m doing most of my traveling on foot. Luckily, I live … Read More
I had intended to put a post together about how beautiful New England has been during this pandemic spring. Even those of us who suffer from pollen will agree that May has been lovely. June probably will be, too. But this week it’s hard to focus on anything except the rage and sorrow of our … Read More