Suprise Me

Then came the part I was dreading. Where do I go to wait for my road test? Read More

Any woman reading this will identify the "yeah, sure lady" response to our describing a problem with our cars. The same can apply to our bodies. Read More

I wasn't thrilled at the idea of a concert by a country singer, and how good could someone be who was singing at a county fair? Read More

But I wasn't raised in Jersey City. Read More

By Ginger Smith Bate Until Simon and I became parents, Father’s Day meant nothing to me. I bought my first Father’s Day card when my son was six months old. Since then we celebrate the day with a favorite meal, cards, and a couple of small gifts. I remind Julian the day before that he… Read More

I guess this is just getting back to the story of me being a 32 year old baby again I had to learn everything all over how to walk how to write left-handed after being right-handed for 32 years,,, my last 10 days at the civilian hospital I was at Brigham Women’s General where my… Read More

What was it like for my neighbors to have an FBI agent knock on their doors in December 1970 and ask questions about me. Read More

I have a notorious black thumb. I killed a philodendron in my college dorm room and those things are indestructible. I killed all my house plants, so replaced them with good-looking silk ones. No fuss, no muss. But that is indoors. The great outdoors is less and more capricious. Back home in Newton, MA, my… Read More

I love my iPhone (even the earliest iteration, pictured above), but even before cellular technology, just having a cordless phone was a huge leap forward for me. I remember that first big brick with the antenna. We got it when my first baby was born; it was on a little table beside the chair I… Read More

I had already reasoned out that, looking at the evidence, there was no way that Santa could make it to all the boys and girls around the world in one night, not to mention the chimney issue or the problematic Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy visits.  Read More