When your child goes off to university your house grows quieter. You ache at night when you set the table and there is one less place…  staring at the empty space it fills with…

                Flowers bloomed in her mind whenever she thought of going to an antique market and her eyes went glossy like that look one gets when they are falling in love.           …

                Linens with monograms. Especially in red. Letters stitched beyond my ability, perfectly and precise. Often at dinner my friends will ask, who is LD (or whatever initials they see on their napkin as no…

                           A cup can be used to drink tea. or hot chocolate. or a shot of Calvados over ice cream. It also can be used for holding pennies, or trinkets like…

                Looking up at the branches overhead, a few leaves remained like jewels in nature’s crown… the fallen leaves carpet the ground golden, orange and ruby red. If the path ahead leads us to change,…

                Last night I called my childhood friend Shelley to ask her for her coffee cake recipe. Her voice sounded little and scratchy. "Do you have a cold?" I asked Shelley who has ALS. "No,…