Monthly Archives: June 2007

Did you know that redheads require 25% more anesthesia than others to be fully sedated for surgery? Can you say feisty?(an old picture of QB that I love – hangs on the board in front of my desk – from Elizabeth and Henry’s wedding, September 2003)   Email this post

Ah, Princeton. Crying at my desk. Images of the P-Rade are enough to reduce me to tears. There is no place I am happier to be affiliated with than Princeton. Seems like yesterday that was us running through onto a muddy Poe Field, under the 1996 banner, when we were the seniors.   Email this post

Things I love about the summer (on a 58 degree day in Cambridge, it seems awfully far away!): The sound of halyards snapping against masts in Marion harbor Sauvignon blanc on the rocks on the back porch in Marion When it cools off at night enough for open windows and blankets Watching the children run [...]

Grace. Class of 2021. Wow!   Email this post

A random old Spin Doctors song came on this morning while I was running. Reminded me of one of my favorite stories. Summer of 1992, walking on the beach with my boyfriend (Will) – somehow “romantic songs” came up. I asked him, imagining myself charming and coy, “what songs make you think of me?” and [...]

Random quotes We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh. – Agnes Repplier She would give him all the armour she had hitherto used to keep herself safe… She loved him. – Peter Carey Our love, or our lack of it … will in the end be an expression of ourselves: of who [...]

Hard to refute the photographic evidence of Grace’s growing up. Wow. She started at nursery school as a small toddler and emerges as a full-blown child. Incredible. I will be forever in debt to that school for the extraordinary care and love and attention they gave to my daughter.   Email this post

I love this picture of Jess and Julia and just wanted to post it. Julia, born 12 weeks to the day before Gracie. Jess, one of my dearest and oldest friends and a sure soul sister. We’ve been through many experiences together, good and bad, and I know we’ll be friends for life. Jess, you [...]

Best case of making lemonade out of lemons: Last night, arrived at LGA for 6:30 shuttle. It was delayed, so I got into the long line of people queuing for the 5:30. Right in front of me as an adorable little woman with long dark hair … Charlotte! We got onto the 5:30. We took [...]