During all the happy days I spent with my two grandmothers I cannot recall one moment of standing side-by-side with either of them for the purpose of learning to cook. My grandmothers and their families were recent arrivals in the USA, crossing different borders but with the same objective of becoming an American citizen. My maternal grandmother came to Ellis Island as a…
During the past month we have been up and down the east coast, in Maine, clapping politely at Will’s math thesis presentation (pretending we had some idea of what he was talking about ~~ Topological Methods in Combinatorics, in case you were wondering), cheering as he conducted a live orchestra in the premiere presentation of his music thesis (“For Film”), …
Disney decor? I know you’re thinking this: and wondering just what kind of Mickey Mouse decorator I am! Well as I have told you before I always come back from vacations with an urge to purge my house and go with a new look. And it is no different when we return from our family trips to Walt Disney World…