Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I didn’t have much chance to experience driving in snow and ice.  By the time I got to my driving years, substantial snow was a once every third year kind of thing.  There was one memorable week my senior year of college when we got a crapload of snow […]

Friday night was a two stop evening.  First was a Unitarian happy hour at Bob and Barbara’s, followed by dinner and hanging out at Seth’s apartment.  Because of this, instead of walking down to the bar like I normally would have, I drove there, planning on leaving directly from there to go to Seth’s.  Driving […]

Today I got to spend some time at the hospital, hanging out with the new parents, the thrilled bubbe (grandma) and of course, this very new baby. He’s fairly easy going so far, only crying when his clothes are taken off (he’s very modest) or if he’s hungry. Otherwise, he’s pretty content to […]

I’ve been a little spotty in my Random Friday participation of late, but I’m trying to get back on track, because it is fun. You know the drill: 1. set iPod to shuffle, 2. report back the first ten songs.
1. Walking Blues, Bonnie Raitt (Bonnie Raitt)
2. Old Dan Tucker, Bruce Springsteen (We Shall Overcome: […]

A new member of my extended family arrived today and we are all thrilled to welcome him to our wacky, loud, but always loving clan.  Derek Elliott (first and middle names) was born this afternoon by C-section to a mom who after nearly a day of labor just couldn’t push anymore.  He weighs 7 pounds, […]

I recently met a Unitarian minister who said that most ministers tend to give the same sermon over and over again. It might be called different things, and might come at the topic in hundreds of ways, but essentially there is one area that is most near to each minister’s heart and so they […]

When my mom was a little girl, she would play outside in the winter until her cheeks were numb and her fingers ached inside her gloves. She would come back into the house, weeping from the pins and needles that ran through her fingers. Elizabeth, the maid/babysitter who worked for my mom’s family for […]

Today is the first Monday of the month, which means that bloggers all across the area post pictures and information about missing persons, in an attempt to raise awareness about their missing status.
Erika Brown has been missing from Philadelphia since last May 16, 2006.  She’s an endangered runaway and is thought to possibly still be […]

Just after midnight on Friday evening, I picked up my cell phone and typed in a brief text message.
“It’s February 3rd in Philadelphia! Happy 25th Birthday!”
It seems likes it’s only been a scant year since Raina learned to walk by grasping the waistband of my pants and tugging them down. No more than […]

Walking through Reading Terminal Market this afternoon, I found myself drawn to a table covered in 2 pound bags of ginger, with a sign announcing that each bag was only $.99. I’ve been on something of a ginger kick lately, and so was drawn to these bags of ginger. Admittedly, some of the […]