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I’ve kicked myself all day that I didn’t take my camera. I could have had such great photos to share. I’ve spent the day with my teenage son in the Robotics department of MIT, with the John’s Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Program (see here). It even occurred to me to bring my camera, but … Read more
There are problems with being overly considerate of others. It can be a real source of misunderstanding. When you defer too much to someone else, they then misread you, and then communication is detrimentally hampered. Here are two examples, one old and one recent, but both ironically classic. When I was growing up, we had … Read more
I promise I won’t be doing this that often. I’m equally proud of all of my wonderful children. It has taken self control not to ramble on here about my son’s recent robotic successes or how great my oldest daughter was the other day as Lady Macbeth. The difference here is that while those accomplishments … Read more
I had a pleasant Friday evening last night interspersed with intervals working in my office, making a Lemon Cake and reading a wonderful anthology of American Poetry. The cake was made from a “Lemon Yogurt Cake” recipe in The Barefoot Contessa’s At Home Cookbook. While my family are definitely not cake people, I was after … Read more
My husband brought me these roses home from a Costco run, knowing I like orange so much better than the Valentine colors of last week… and that it is more fun as a surprise than a duty… He brought them to my office desk….
Our family birthday tradition includes my mother’s recipe of cut out cookies in the appropriate digits…
I woke up to my youngest daughter having made me popovers for breakfast. After that sumptuous beginning of my day, I sat in a quiet living room sipping
There are many memories attached to our Christmas decorations. This pine cone wreath I made is one of them. But so are some old family ornaments… an angel that was
We went to the International Debutante Ball at the Waldorf-Astoria NYC this week to honor my niece. Beautiful flowers, dresses and men in white tie and tails…