Hadley has made the decision to become confirmed, and here is what I said at her confirmation: This is our daughter, Hadley Grace. Her first name comes from Mr. Arthur Radley, otherwise known as “Boo” Radley, from Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, and her middle name comes from my mom, Grace Ayanoglou Lewis. I suppose knowing Radley’s story gives us… View Post

Two ducks waddled across our front yard the other day. Hadley and I both saw them, though Hadley saw them first and called me over and we pressed our foreheads to the window in the living room and watched them – the female stopped and looked around – at the hydrangeas, at the oak tree, at the divots in our… View Post

Here we are at the end of March, and I’m one quarter of the way through my goal of reading all things William Shakespeare in 2021. Some observations: Titus Andronicus is the most horrifying, gruesome story I have ever read in my life. I’ve no need to see this play because what I’ve read has left images in my head… View Post

I am staring at a wheelbarrow in our backyard while Harper is upstairs playing the French Horn. The wheelbarrow is red and the color is charming, and it is filled with split wood for the fire pit, and Harper isn’t playing her French Horn, she is stomping and screaming and destroying her room because she cannot play the French Horn…. View Post

I have a friend who is going to have a baby this summer, and I’m trying to think of something to get her. I wish I could blame my lack of gift giving knowledge on the fact that my girls are 12 and 14, but I’ve never been the mother who actually knows what is useful in regards to the… View Post