
Marissa always seems to have her birthday right around another friend’s birthday. In college it was Angela. Now it is Megan. Thank you Sherwood for having a real live tea house. Sippity-doo-da.

Every year I am asked to design Christmas arrangments for all of my mother’s close friends and relatives. I agree, only on condition that my mother and sisters come over to work on the arrangements with me. That way I force feed them some design technique and get some help with the grunt work all...

The Highlights: Play swords. Missing Lizzy. Weather so cold that my camera lens actually fogged up when I brought it in from the car. Rob as Santa, again. Sarah not being the youngest child anymore. Woolen Bauble slippers. Breastfeeding while opening presents – that’s new. Thanks to Becky and Sarah for letting us steal their...