The front door creaked as I opened it, the wind made the windows sigh and groan. The tree in our front yard cast a deep, sinister shadow in the porch-light.
The front door creaked as I opened it, the wind made the windows sigh and groan. The tree in our front yard cast a deep, sinister shadow in the porch-light.
My husband and I looked for houses to buy for three years. As our friends moved into larger homes and better neighborhoods, we stayed in our little 60-year-old rented triplex
…what it feels like to have new carpet under my feet. the giddy feeling that erupted in my chest when we bought cows for our pasture the joy of sunny
The political campaign is over, and I am revisiting the concept of free time. I feel like it’s the first day of summer break and I’m not quite sure what
[the recent ‘toughest job in the world’ ad that’s overtaking Facebook] reveals a troubling attitude; an attitude that makes these sorts of commercials so effective; an attitude that portrays parenting
I can’t contain myself enough to write anything beautiful today. I can’t think about anything but the unbelievable, terrifying, uniquely wonderful reality that we just bought a house – not
This morning, when I got in the shower, I didn’t exactly have house-cleaning on my mind. We’d just gotten back from a long working weekend, and I was thinking about
It’s a giant Coke Zero at the Movie Tavern, refillable without leaving your seat, (what magic!) companionable because it’s with family, and it’s what Ashley and I both get, along
At Thanksgiving, I always think of the Holmes family. I was 18 and feeling lonely – here I had boldly taken off for parts unknown, but once I found myself
For as long as I can remember, my mom has made a strong pot of coffee every morning, and drank it religiously, with only a splash of milk to temper