Velvet Underground

Velvet Underground

       What fabric do you always, suddenly, want to wear this time of year? Anything velvet, although irridescent tafettas and red plaids are close contenders. (I have a thing for those red plaid pants that some of the dads would wear to Christmas Eve church.) Every...
Green Screen Girls

Green Screen Girls

     I have two beautiful, brilliant, fantastic daughters who are, thankfully, remarkably confident and happy teenagers (well, pre-teen in the younger daughter’s case, not that you’d know it). We moved to Vermont from New York for the...
Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

– Most of the bad things you worry about will never happen. Most of the bad things that do happen will never have crossed your worried mind. –      My friend Shari posted this status on Facebook 3 days after enduring surgery to remove a...
Occupy Mark di Suvero

Occupy Mark di Suvero

     My older daughter is gorgeous, and endearingly, kind of a geek. Last summer, instead of going off to soccer camp or hanging out at the lake or pool, she chose summer school, to brush up on Algebra II, and went to Robotics camp. I’m...