Yes, it’s been a year. A year since we counted the rolls of toilet paper in the closet, filled our…
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what have you made this year?
comfort, conversation, and books to get us through
Winter is coming. And this year, even before the temperature drops below zero in New Hampshire, it’s already feeling colder…
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a birthday, a book, a gift
For my birthday this year the universe gave me Ann Patchett. And my joy and gratitude is such that I’m…
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a chat with Anna Quindlen
“Look around at the azaleas making fuchsia star bursts in spring; look at a full moon hanging silver in a…
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the book you want to read now:
Ann Patchett’s Commonwealth
(and a give-away)
For sixteen years I had what was arguably the best job in the world. It certainly was the best job…
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the shape of a year
and a book to win
It’s snowing again, for the third time in a week. In New England, and certainly here in our part of…
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