Henry is to be born in less than three weeks. I feel him kicking all the time. I’m at the point where I’m going to the doctor and hearing his heartbeat every week. People ask when I’m due almost every day. Some days all I can think about is holding and nursing this little boy. […]

Saturday night, while John took the Christmas decorations from where they’d been stowed in our giant living room closet and I prepared dinner (which, coincidentally, was red, green, and white), we listened to Christmas music for the first time this season.   I love a good Mariah Carey or “Last Christmas” in December, but this […]

A few weeks ago I mentioned that I was knitting winter items for evacuees and others affected by Sandy. I finished one scarf, only to have trouble finding somewhere to donate it. It seems that cleaning supplies, diapers, etc. were more in need at the time.   For those who are interested in knitting for […]