Ruminations

Mom and Dad, While many rhapsodize on the luck of the Irish today, I'm grateful for the Irish traits of grit, persistence, and faith tha...

During those moments when I find myself alone and at loose ends, if I'm not reading (or writing), I'm playing The New York Times Cro...

Last Friday my sister texted me about hanging out. "We could Mahj!" she tempted.  I was in.  Unfortunately, the rest of the fourso...

It's Thursday, and two issues of the New Yorker sit on my kitchen table...along with last Sunday's paper.  I have a hard time making...

We have been grand-dog sitting for the newly-(well, November)-weds.  They are travelling these last two weeks, and my husband and I aren...

 After yesterday's slog through traffic to get to Lancaster, PA - I took the scenic route home.  Key was there were fewer cars and truck...

The open road calls to me, often on the way to work when escape is on my mind.  It's a real pull; I grip the steering wheel tightly as I...