Fish cakes, I think. I don’t write much about my home situation anymore, but it’s not because I’m not happy. Quite the opposite. It just...

Claudia, Josefina & Sweet Baby Pineapple It is a well-established fact that the House is unusual. Let’s not talk about the revolving door...

I’m really growing into this host position. Please, come to our house so I can feed you. After ten minutes out in the fresh air this...

It’s only an adventure if I have to get on a bus. It’s been a while. Life has this strange habit of going fast and slow all at once, a...

When I was growing up, I had no idea that people traveled in August. Where I’m from, vacations happen in June and people spend their time...

Summer hitting us hard, at last January lingered on for about six months. Now, all of a sudden, we’re over halfway through the year. The...

Precious. In the bleak midwinter, we sat around the kitchen table and talked about Claudia’s upcoming birthday. Michael and I strove to...

Blurry and, yet, we look great Sometimes it’s hard to believe that it was only four months ago that I moved into a house with Craigslist...

Gideon, lost in snow As a poor, naive Southerner, I thought that we might see spring and put away our snow boots by the end of February....

Celebrating “New Bonds” One of life’s great pleasures is sharing a meal with friends. There’s something to be said about a bowl of salad...

When I was in college, I imagined that I would form friendships with a huge group of people, relationships I would effortlessly maintain...

Mucha adjusting to his new circumstances with his typical malaise. I’ve been in Boston a few months now. I’ve survived my first real...