Happy Birthday to my husband, M.J. Well before Google was invented, he became the search engine in my world. Brilliant, clever, kind and decent–he’s provided the answers to so many questions in my life. Big and little. Our children mock our geeky courtship–we met in our university’s honors program, competed on the same College Bowl [...]
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Friday Things Considered: The Happy Birthday M.J. Edition
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Shades of Gray
While congress squabbles, let’s consider some accoutrements of civility, shall we? For my tea party/baby shower over the weekend I decided to look for table linens more in keeping with the wall colors in this house. Since the interior walls are painted in the beige/gray/greige shades of the revamped Restoration Hardware, I started there and [...]
Friday Things Considered: The Autumn Equinox Edition
On this week of the fall equinox I’ve been spending time getting ready to host a baby shower for a young friend. Other friends are bringing the food which means I’ve been able to focus my party prep on my home and garden. Early in the week, feeling very Mrs. Dalloway-esque, I headed to my [...]
White in August
I hear that kids are heading back to school this week. Which means, I suppose, that summer is over. Did it ever really begin? Work proceeds apace and my time away has been dictated by family obligations. Thinking about gearing up for full bore fall productivity makes me long for a stretch of emptied out [...]
Economic Indicator
Judging by the size of this year’s September Issue, it looks like the recovery is well underway.
Hole & Corner
I’m a magazine junkie. Ever since I was a kid growing up on the farm I’ve loved opening my mailbox and finding news from the outside world. Then it was Jack & Jill, now it’s World of Interiors, House Beautiful, Elle Decor and the New Yorker. Well, and Bon Appetit and People and EW and Vogue [...]
Friday Things Considered: The Half Blue Skies Edition
Just as I was about to drive off from the Googleplex, I noticed this unusual cloud formation where the sky seemed to be cut in half. One side was a nearly cloudless blue, the other a gauzy panel that reached almost to the ground like a cloud curtain half-drawn over the summer sky. Seemed like [...]
Field Trip: The Googleplex
Our nest has been a little less empty this summer because our daughter Sydney came home to roost for ten weeks while she interned in the legal department at Google. On her last week of work we met her for lunch and a tour of the Googleplex in Mountain View. Thought I’d share some of [...]
Why I Love Travel
Will tomorrow find you lighting sparklers in your childhood backyard or someplace entirely new? Maybe you’re staying put for the 4th but packing your bags for later in the summer. Lucky you! Despite the hassles of modern travel, there’s still nothing like Getting Away From It All to shake things up for the better. Here [...]
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Friday Things Considered: The Independence Day Edition
Though I was raised in the ruby red heart of the Rocky Mountain West, I live in midnight blue territory. With friends and family on both sides of the political spectrum, my own leanings tend to a more moderate shade of rosy periwinkle. But I was genuinely happy about how the Supreme Court decisions played [...]
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