On Family

On the sisterhood and our traveling pants

Growing up in the same household, exactly two years and one day apart in age, the thing we shared most, my sister and I, was the bathroom. More different we could not have been. While I would be chatting to Anna in the kitchen as she prepared supper, having done my homework next door at the… Continue reading On the sisterhood and our traveling pants

On Children and Parenting, On writing, Other Stuff

Nuggets of a ninety one year old

I consider myself extremely fortunate to have aunts and uncles (in addition to both parents who live not too far away, but far enough (as my beloved husband would say- don't they all?) who are alive and able to tell me things about their lives. Sadly, it is not often enough that we take the… Continue reading Nuggets of a ninety one year old