I had to spend some time at a warehouse club this evening getting a tire fixed, so I did a little window-shopping while I waited. With my upcoming book club meeting in mind, I did a little browsing... Read more >>

There are times, Though not many, I wish I could backpedal The bygone decades And be a child again And have all those childhood fragments That went awry To be mended and whole … this... Read more >>

A student asked me recently what the term “nostalgic candy” meant. I explained that it meant candy that is linked to a period in time—a time in the past that many people associate... Read more >>

Dimpled river’s stunning expanse Shimmers far beneath pigeons’ hurried paces As another hour vanishes for believers in romance, Loneliness’ ravagement filling in timelines on... Read more >>

The other night I was curled up in bed with my oldest daughter in her bed, which was my childhood bed all my years growing up from as young as I can remember. When I was her age I slept beneath a... Read more >>

All throughout my childhood I can remember people telling me that I had pretty eyes. These days it is hard to find them beneath the crinkles, and I have noticed that I now have to contort my face into... Read more >>

Yesterday my four-year-old brought home one of those delightful surprises that so often come from his Nursery. It was this marvelous hand puppet. My eleven-year-old clearly thought it was so cool that... Read more >>

  Memory. Where to start? I’ve written so much about it. About the mysterious alchemy whereby small moments, inconsequential as we lived them, become significant, weighty memories, full of... Read more >>

When I was growing up, there were few things than summer fruit! During the winter it was mostly apples, bananas and oranges, which were eaten more out of obligation than anything else. I came to... Read more >>

Sugar cookies … a confection with connotations of pleasant childhood moments, the loving mother leaning over the oven with her floured apron, and a cup of warm cocoa to accompany these... Read more >>