At the end of January I accepted a part-time job as an after school program director at a small private school in the Boston suburbs. To say I love this job would be an understatement. The kids crack me up on a daily basis, and I often come home and write down their “kidisms” so [...]

Last fall, I applied for a research grant to help cover some of the costs of my senior thesis. The application required a letter of recommendation from my thesis adviser. The letter he wrote was extremely complimentary–quite frankly, more complimentary than I felt I deserved. One thing that my adviser said about me in the [...]

Earlier this week I became a true Bostonian. I illegally parked in a commercial loading zone in Downtown Crossing so I could run into the yarn shop for two minutes (which quickly become about 15). I refused to pay more for parking than for my yarn purchase. Also, it was a yarn emergency. I couldn’t [...]

Once upon a time in a faraway land, there was a girl whose life was far from a fairy tale. To get away from the reality of her life, she would read and read and read some more. She was enchanted by great literature and even fairy tales. Masterpieces filled with tragedy, romance, comedy, and [...]

I’ve been incognito. I apologize. I have a good reason, though. I’ve slowly been bleeding out words for school requirements, and it’s left no words for my blog. Those who know me will not believe that is actually possible, but it is. Really. See…
Once upon a time, in a far away land…oh, wait, it was [...]