Originally published March 3, 2017, in the Times Herald-Record of Middletown, N.Y.
I had another column planned this week, but then Genevieve got sick.
Originally published Feb. 10, 2017, in the Times Herald-Record of Middletown, N.Y.
Friends visited Sunday evening for the Super Bowl. We ordered pizza, made guacamole and watched the game from a distance.
Originally published Feb. 3, 2017, in the Times Herald-Record of Middletown, N.Y.
Everyone says it gets easier at three months. That’s the magic milestone for babies.
Originally published Jan. 13, 2017, in the Times Herald-Record of Middletown, N.Y.
5:36 p.m. Wednesday: Our landlord is an 81-year-old Cuban woman who has been married for 60 years, scales high walls to tend…
Originally published Dec. 23, 2016, in the Times Herald-Record of Middletown, N.Y.
Some of us need the Christmas tree decorated with shiny balls and strands of lights, and some of us need that tree to be finished moments…
Originally published Dec. 16, 2016, in the Times Herald-Record of Middletown, N.Y.
Fair warning: I’m about to get really grinchy in here.
Originally published Dec. 2, 2016, in the Times Herald-Record of Middletown, N.Y.
It doesn’t matter what second, minute or hour. It doesn’t matter if I’ve been sleeping for three hours, or 33 minutes and 42…
Originally published Nov. 18, 2016, in the Times Herald-Record of Middletown, N.Y.
“You’re all going to have girls, and then you’ll know how it feels.”