On Christmas Eve, I went to midnight mass.  I abandoned Catholicism long ago, for a variety of reasons, but there's something about the ...

The presents have all been opened and put away, the Christmas goodies eaten (and eaten, and eaten ... not that they're all eaten yet, o...

Just over a day from now, members of my family will get together and open what are, really, extravagant gifts.  This is something I've l...

 (Welcome ICLW visitors!  If you want a brief back story, click here : the short version is that I am chronicling a journey through life an...

I need a nap. On Thursday, I-bug got a stomach virus at school.  Apparently every child and teacher in the school has had it, and it was h...

The other day, my yoga teacher began class by asking us all to get comfortable.  She begins class this way every time, of course, but this w...

Over the past year or two, I seem to have become more and more of a locavore.  Fall is turning into winter here in the northeast U.S., and I...