This too shall pass

Growing up I learned about the great depression primarily through my parents’ explanation for some of my grandparents’ habits…like why they had hundreds of used rubber bands (shipping paper, sacks, etc.). My grandparents never really talked about it. In fact, it was hard to realize much about what they went through because they didn’t [...]

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Seating Tradition

Thanksgiving is almost here. And with it, the familiar traditions. Turkey dinners, family visits and shopping for a loveseat, at least for us. A few weeks before Thanksgiving last year, we donated two couches that had served our family well for 15+ years and shopped for a new loveseat. We had two [...]

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Happiness: A lesson from a canine and a kid

One morning last week, I was putting my running shoes on to take Carl out for some exercise and, seeing my movements as a clear signal, he moved his head in close to my body to let me know he was excited. I started petting his head and he leaned into it and the [...]

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Slowly Switching Gears

Family trips to Florida, Vermont, Toronto, the Upper Peninsula, North Carolina, New Jersey and Tennessee translate to many thousands of miles and days of time shared together in our 1999 Honda Accord. Time spent talking, listening (to music, books on tape, NPR), arguing, refereeing, eating and sleeping. 72,000 miles in commutes to art school [...]

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