Blog

Where Have All the Forks Gone?

Where Have All the Forks Gone?
Where have all the forks gone? It’s less than one week until Thanksgiving; I am thinking about the table. There’s something distinctly beautiful about a well-laid table. . . Sigh. . . maybe someday. In my house roam female teenagers, LOTS of them. Our family has a collection of mismatched, cracked, and chipped dishes. Greg…
Read more

To My Young Friends

To My Young Friends
I’ve been thinking a lot over these last few weeks, as most of us have, about the goings on in Washington. I keep thinking about the deep division among us and the vitriol spewing in every direction. Are there any lessons to be learned here? I’m not sure, but below are some thoughts I’m sharing…
Read more

Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain

Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain
This is a picture of an old, favorite Kate Spade bag.  It has taken me on many every day adventures- the gym, a board review course, the beach, friends’ homes for dinner.  I bought this bag long before she sold the company, and I like to imagine she (Kate Spade) had something directly to do…
Read more

It’s a Girl!

“Well, it’s a girl,” said the Honorable Judge Moyers as, with his signature, he finalized our adoption of Neica Simorne’ Blackmon. Mister and I locked watery eyes for just a moment, grateful beyond gratitude. From the day I met her, it took almost seven years to make her mine/ours. That’s gotta be some kind of…
Read more