Love Notes

Aug 17, 2023 • #gnocchi #light #maine

White Light 8/14/23

This is my morning coffee view for the next few weeks. I am a lucky girl, and I know it. My morning routine is a long loop walk, ending at the local store where I buy a cup of coffee and sit and admire this view. My habit started some 30 Augusts ago, same loop but at a jog, and no sitting at the end. Then the jogging was replaced by pushing a baby stroller. Then a baby and a toddler stroller. Now a walk and a sit. A walk and a sit and a think. READ MORE

Jul 25, 2023 • #martha's vineyard #summer #water

Swimmingly 7/24/23

One of my favorite summer memories is from a late afternoon in July, about five years back. It was a blue bird sky day, and I was sitting on a beach on Martha's Vineyard, with my dear friend Beth and her husband. My flight back to Washington was taking off around 7:00 that evening, and I was dreading leaving what might go down as one of the best beach days of the summer. Worse still would be dragging my favorites hosts off the beach early, in order for me to take a shower before heading to the airport. Gazing out towards the few remaining swimmers, a little voice popped into my head, inadvertently channelling my ten year old self, "So what if you don't take a shower before your flight? What would be so bad that would happen then?" READ MORE

Jul 22, 2023 • #bird #summer

A Rare Bird 7/17/23

This weekend, I am thinking of some of my favorite people in life, and I've noticed they share a few traits:

warmth
wit
a spirit of giving
a zest for life

Having already started on an ornithological theme for this morning's note, I got to considering the expression "a rare bird", turning it over in my mind like a pebble in my hand. READ MORE

Jul 22, 2023 • #summer

7/10/23 Summer Muscles

Who remembers doing this? It sort of embodies youthful carefree days of summer. I'd like to have some of that chuztpah back. (I had to look up the spelling on that one; no idea it started with a "c"). This weekend, I got to thinking about summer camps. Camp can be a place where young people get to try on a new persona with a blank slate behind them. Or it certainly seems to work that way in lots of novels. READ MORE

Jul 06, 2023 • #fourth #nantucket

Simple Pleasures 7/3/23

Porch swings
Stopping at lemonade stands
Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

This was going to be a short note about simple summer pleasures. Tomatoes. Old friends. Making a new friend. Reading aloud to a child. Fireflies. Someone told me they have a rule: always stop at lemonade stands. READ MORE