Pillow Talk

   Checking out the conditions at our local ski mountain, I read, "Our groomers will be out laying down corduroy on 69 trails for your carving pleasure." NICE!, I think.  For a minute I imagine SnowCats spreading rolls, like the most automated of...

     The second day of the New Year got off to a good start - Restorative Iyengar yoga in the morning, recommitment to the diet that has been successful in 2012, (no gluten, no dairy, no sugar except sometimes wine) and then to one of my resolutions -...

       I sort of love the day back to work after the holidays. You get to say "Happy New Year!" to everyone for the next few days in your most upbeat voice. You are done with all the frantic celebrating and overconsuming. Even though you...

 On the Saturday of Irene, I posted a picture of this pillow, called The Eye of the Hurricane, on the ShapeShiftas' Facebook page, with the caption, "This one's for you, Irene." I didn't mean to be irreverant, and I hope it wasn't me who angered the water gods....

     We heard starting about Saturday that maybe we were in for some snow.  It seems late,  the sap was already running, we were in mud boots, and the car was caked in the stuff.  Mostly the snow was gone, certainly along the roadsides...

     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 amazed how...

     Stockbridge, VT -- ShapeShiftas is pleased to announce the availablility of a very special, limited-edition Eye of the Hurricane Irene pillow. This handcrafted piece is made by Vermont artisans in our Green Mountain swirl-print cotton, with a...

       I needed to waste a little time before picking up the daughters after dance class and was in a town with some shopping. This is fairly unusual here in Vermont, both the spare time and the presence of some conventional, mall-based, chain...

     I've been trying to get back to my blog and have been surprised by how difficult it has been.  Random thoughts haven't developed into full posts, and I keep getting pulled away to deal with this or that. Blogging, it turns out, is harder than...