• Cam: “Guess what’s in the box?”

    Me: “A kitten?”

    I was right!! Best. Present. Ever.

    Introducing my new best friend Bobcat, soon to be installed on a marble pillar in my bedroom.

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  • These kids are serious players.

    (Brooklyn)

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  • Stranded somewhere in the English countryside on a malfunctioning train.

    Byron decided to take a nap.

  • My daughter finally got the book of her lifelong dreams: The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland.

    Pyjama pyjama pyjama!

  • Shoreditch reunion of Cambridge posse!

    I delivered a stern lecture on riding unicorns toward economic Armageddon.

    Jean quote: “It’s been years since Bee yelled at me!”

    I heart these knuckleheads.

  • Scary things happen when you forget to pack a toothbrush.

  • My kid just got back from doing her PhD field research in Japan.

    She brought presents from Moomin Cafe Tokyo!

  • Recipe circa 2002 dictated over the phone by Marisa’s dad (RIP).

    Used every year since, and has the burn marks to prove it!

    Conversion to British heat ratio opposite side. My note regarding pan size still critical.

  • Cooking with Stella & Al!

    First Thanksgiving back in the states complete with old table + constant friends.

  • The longue is from Franchelle. The mirror was here when I bought the house.

  • The shipment of family stuff from Colorado has arrived in Brooklyn. You can never have too many typewriters!

    This is the machine Franchelle used to type Rev. Papa John’s PhD thesis. Still working and in perfect order, thirty-five years later.