Pippi Longstocking
General/Column February 24, 2020
I had to raise myself, she might saynot in a disparaging or contemptuous waybut with her inimitable braided delight.How fun…
Remembering the Beginnings
In Mother Words Blog February 14, 2020
Last spring in a Chinese restaurant, I watched, transfixed, as a young couple passed their baby back and forth and…
Halmies and Perns
General/Column December 30, 2019
“Halmies n’ perns,” she said. The constant patois can be difficult to understand unless you happen to be a linguistic…
Mother and Child in a Hammock
General/Column October 21, 2019
We had a hammock in the backyard in the small old house where we used to live on Fern Street…